Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, issued a stark warning Tuesday: Firearm violence is a public health crisis that the country must address immediately. It’s the first time that America ...

The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Vivek Murthy to be President Biden’s surgeon general, handing the administration one of its top public health officials amid the coronavirus pandemic.

March 24 (UPI) --The U.S. Senate has confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy as surgeon general, returning him to the position he held under the former Obama administration. The Senate voted 57-43 on Tuesday ...

The US Senate voted mostly along party lines to confirm Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, to serve as the 21st Surgeon General of the United States. Seven Republicans — Bill Cassidy (Louisiana), Susan ...

Dr. Vivek Murthy, who helped found several health-related advocacy groups and later tackled the opioid epidemic and e-cigarettes as surgeon general during the Obama administration, was confirmed ...

Vivek Murthy, President Joe Biden's nominee to serve as U.S. Surgeon General, plans to tell Congress on Thursday that his top priority, if confirmed, will be ending the pandemic -- which has taken ...

In this Feb. 4, 2014, photo, then U.S. Surgeon General appointee Dr. Vivek Murthy appears on Capitol Hill in Washington. Murthy has been named as co-chair by President-elect Joe Biden to his COVID ...

In an exclusive interview with Meet The Press, U.S. Surgeon-General nominee, Dr. Vivek Murthy says it is more realistic to assume that it will be closer "to mid summer or early fall when the ...

Vivek Murthy wants to fix our mental health crisis. But how much can he do? The surgeon general, who has lost 10 family members to covid-19, now wants to make his mark on our epidemic of loneliness.

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 ...