The Senate today confirmed Vivek Murthy, MD, as the nation's next Surgeon General as Democrats took advantage of their soon-to-end majority status to overcome GOP opposition to President Barack ...

The White House announced Thursday that Obama plans to nominate Vivek Hallegere Murthy of Harvard Medical School as the next Surgeon General, Politico reports. Murthy is the co-founder of Doctors for ...

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy again called on parents in an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” to regulate their children’s use of social media to protect their mental health — ...

As part of our series on community and service, called Here to Help, Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the benefits of volunteering. Time for our series Here ...

NEW YORK, NY – What truly defines happiness? Is it a fleeting emotion tied to pleasure and excitement, or something deeper—more enduring? According to the former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, the ...