We had confidantes, and now we talk about contacts that we have online,” Murthy said. "But how many people are there to show up for you when there's a crisis?" ...

Americans may not actually feel more desolate than they did in the past.

After being confirmed for his second stint by the Senate in March 2021, Murthy began advocating for loneliness to be treated as a key area of focus for public health officials, describing it as an ...

It’s something that U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called a “national epidemic of loneliness and isolation,” something that can have a profound effect on sufferers’ physical and ...

Dr. Vivek Murthy's parting prescription could be a guide of colleges and universities to bolster campus culture while ...

While the physical size of our campus cannot be changed, we need to address loneliness at Cornell by engaging in discourse that can contribute to dismantling the competitive nature of our campus, ...

On this episode of Food People, Jamila and United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy discuss the loneliness epidemic and ...

Loneliness, social isolation and living alone are significant risk factors for mortality, particularly in older adults, according to the results of a new study.

"It's hard to put a price tag, if you will, on the amount of human suffering that people are experiencing right now," Dr. Vivek ... loneliness is about the quality of your connections," Murthy ...

Roy Rochlin/Getty Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says loneliness can cause deep pain — and is a major health issue. Loneliness, Murthy, 47, said, is “consequential for our health ...