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Health Care — COVID-19 was third leading cause of death last year
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSurgeon General Vivek Murthy posted a Twitter thread explaining why he is still wearing a mask on...
COVID nightmare still haunts children who've lost a parent or caregiver to pandemic
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe World Health Organization has acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic is transitioning out of...
Doctors, nurses risked their lives to battle COVID. Now they're facing a mental health crisis
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOVID hospitalizations and deaths may be down from their surge peaks, but the nation's hospitals and...
Loneliness Poses Risks As Deadly As Smoking, Surgeon General Warns
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSurgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in...
COVID Vaccine For Kids Under 5: Here's What Parents Should Know
HuffPost Life via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter considerable delay, kids under the age of 5 — the last group to be eligible for COVID-19...
Todd E. Brady: Lonely—not the way it’s supposed to be
The Jackson Sun via Yahoo News· 11 months agoRoy Orbison sang about loneliness in the 60’s. He sang that only the lonely knew the way he felt. There went his baby, there went his heart. Orbison experienced then what the US Surgeon General ...
Naomi Judd’s death spotlights a national mental health crisis worsened by COVID-19
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStory at a glance The coronavirus pandemic is still exacerbating the country’s mental health issues,...
Loneliness is a health problem for seniors. We all can do something to fix that.
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn May 3, 2023, the surgeon general — America’s doctor — raised the alarm about the devastating...
Surgeon general: Time to fix problem of loneliness in US
The Hill via Yahoo News· 12 months agoU.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is introducing a new framework to address loneliness in the United...
US surgeon general Vivek Murthy: ‘Loneliness is like hunger, a signal we’re lacking something for...
The Guardian via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAs the 19th and 21st surgeon general, Murthy has described loneliness as an epidemic on par with tobacco use – the antidote, he says, is human connection