Medical News & Perspectives July 19, 2024 US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy: Firearm Violence Is a Public Health Crisis Jennifer Abbasi1; Yulin Hswen, ScD, MPH2 Author Affiliations JAMA. 2024;332(6):439-441. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.2485 ...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during the United States Conference of Mayors 91st Winter Meeting, Jan. 18, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Most social media platforms have a minimum user age of 13, which Murthy says he believes is "too early" for kids t...
MURTHY, Vivek, 1977-WARNING labelsSOCIAL mediaTEENAGERSThis Medical News article is an interview with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, and JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, about his call for a warning label on social media platforms.Abbasi,...
The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared gun violence a public health crisis, driven by the fast-growing number of injuries and deaths involving firearms in the country. The advisory issued by Dr. Vivek Murthy, the nation's top doctor, came as the U.S. grappled with another summer w...
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence a public health crisis, issuing an advisory outlining several steps for Congress and local communities to take. "When gun violence is the leading cause of death among kids and teens, that should alarm all of us," said Murthy....
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/File Photo By Kanishka Singh and Sheila Dang WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. S...
The US Surgeoner General Vivek Murthy will call Wednesday for a national campaign centered on walking. The effort is intended to 1 chronic disease and obesity, and to surmount 2 that stand in the way of simply taking a walk 6/10 °ledA heavier°ledB dangerous°ledC specifically°ledD ...
In an op-ed forThe New York Times, US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for warning labels for social media to address the mental health crisis among young people. Social media is recognized as a major factor in mental health issues for young people, with platforms receiving their...
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging Congress to introduce warning labels for social media platforms that regularly warn parents and adolescent users about the potential mental health harms associated with using them. The proposed warning labels, similar to those already introduced for tobacco...
Gun violence in the United States has become a national public health crisis, the U.S. Surgeon General declared Tuesday.