Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer said he envisions the trained physician as a spokesperson for kids’ safety controls on social media and AI.

A leading kids’ online safety advocate and the former U.S. surgeon general are pushing for voters to decide on AI chatbots, ...

Former Indian American Surgeon General to help build a healthier digital landscape for children and families everywhere ...

The bill aims to ensure all users, especially adolescents, are aware of the potential mental health risks posed by social ...

It was during his second term, under the Biden administration, that Dr. Murthy first started expressing concern about the impact of social media on the mental health and wellbeing of young people. He ...

A health care summit underway at Dartmouth College has brought together some of the country’s most prominent physicians to ...

Vivek Murthy joined five other former surgeons general in a Washington Post op-ed slamming Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s policies. ‘Science and expertise have taken a back seat to ideology.’ ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been sounding the alarm on the loneliness epidemic for more than a year. In his 2023 report "Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation," Murthy wrote that ...

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 ...

After reportedly refusing to resign, Vivek Murthy, MD, is out of his Surgeon General post at the Trump administration’s request and Deputy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams stepped in as ...

President Obama will nominate Vivek Hallegere Murthy for Surgeon General, Politico and others reported on Thursday. Murthy, the founder of Doctors for America, was appointed to the President's ...

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 ...