The doctor has been among the hardest nominees for Obama to get confirmed. Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. Surgeon General, testifies at a Senate ...

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy shared his personal experience with parental stress, saying it was “critical” to address the widespread issue Getty The U.S. Surgeon General has issued an ...

Parents are stressed out, which can deteriorate their mental health and well-being — which in turn can negatively affect children, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an advisory Wednesday.

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called on Congress to pass legislation requiring social media platforms to have warning labels similar to tobacco products to help fight against the rising mental ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about his new report on stress in parenting. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says parenting is hard - so hard that parents' mental health ...

Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Friday announced that he and his entire immediate family have tested positive for Covid-19. Murthy, his wife Alice and their five-year-old son, all of whom are ...

Although the nation is starting to see a decline from the recent peak of COVID-19 cases, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said the United States still has a ways to go in defeating the pandemic. "While we ...

To treat the “widespread pain and unhappiness” that has left the country deeply unwell, he says, his “ parting prescription ” for the American people is to cultivate a strong sense of community to ...

The surgeon general argued it is good for people's health and the economy. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy defended the actions of the Biden administration in a Sunday interview on ABC's "This ...

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says he believes 13 is too young for children to be on social media platforms, because although sites allow children of that age to join, kids are still “developing ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy revealed during the White House news briefing Thursday that he’s lost 10 family members to the coronavirus. Murthy, who joined the briefing in an effort to urge Americans ...