Vivek Murthy

Surgeon General Says COVID-19 Misinformation Is An ‘Insidious Threat’ To The U.S.

“Modern technology companies have enabled misinformation to poison our information environment with little accountability,” Dr. Vivek Murthy said.
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Joe Biden's Nominees Of Color Are Facing Outsize Opposition

The Senate has been much easier on his white nominees.
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President-Elect Biden Names COVID-19 Advisory Board Stacked With Experts

Biden has spent the past few days assuring the public that he will enter the Oval Office with an aggressive plan for tackling the coronavirus pandemic.
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What A Surgeon General Learned From The Opioid Crisis Could Help Fight Loneliness

“Part of the reason people don’t talk about their loneliness is that they feel they will be judged for it,” Vivek Murthy says.
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Opiates Are Threatening To Undo 3 Decades Of HIV Progress

But clean needle exchanges could help.
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Surgeon Gen.: Addiction Is A Chronic Brain Disease, Not Moral Failure

The way forward includes needle exchanges and calling addiction what it is: a medical condition.
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Surgeon General Call to Action Falls Short

Shame, stigma and criminalization are major obstacles to treatment in addition to cost.
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Vivek Murthy Takes An Unprecedented Step To Combat Opioids

Overdose deaths have quadrupled since 1999.
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Surgeon General: We Have To 'Change How Our Country Sees Addiction'

"For far too many people living with addiction, they feel that they are living with stigma."
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How The Surgeon General Is Tackling The Opiate Epidemic

As overdose deaths in North America continue to climb, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy explains to Arianna Huffington how he's tackling the opioid addiction epidemic.
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