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The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, is traveling to colleges to encourage a simple challenge to help people feel more connected. (Maskot via Getty) Loneliness is more than a bad feeling ...
About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy said in an 81-page report from his office. “We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people ...
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called attention last year to a nationwide loneliness and social isolation epidemic, warning that a lack of social connection increases the risk of premature death ...
In May 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy published a United States Department of Health and Human Services advisory on the impact of the epidemic of loneliness and isolation in the United States. [3] The report likened the dangers of loneliness to other public health threats such as smoking and obesity.
The US surgeon general, Dr Vivek Murthy, intentionally picked the term “epidemic” to hammer home the perceived health risks: research shows that loneliness is as bad for you as smoking a dozen ...
The post WHO declares loneliness a ‘pressing health threat.’ ... wrote U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, who co-chairs the WHO commission. Social isolation, he wrote, can cause as much ...
Vivek Hallegere Murthy (born 10 July 1977) is a British-American physician and a vice admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps who has served as the 19th and 21st surgeon general of the United States under Presidents Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. [1]
The poll asked “did you experience loneliness a lot of the day yesterday?” ... Gallup’s data comes months after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness and isolation a national ...