Dr. Carmona: It’s the Surgeon General’s responsibility to protect, promote, and advance the health safety and security of the United States. The office of the Surgeon General dates back to ...

The United States surgeon general is tasked with representing the nation's medical community and informing the general public on potential risks to their health. Warning labels on tobacco products ...

Above all the Surgeon General of the United States personifies reverence for human life, reliance on science, passion to prevent disease, and to promote health.

Murthy released a new Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer on Friday, Jan. 3, warning that alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States ...

Washington — Vice Admiral Dr. Jerome Adams, the former surgeon general of the United States, said Sunday that the coronavirus pandemic is "spiraling out of control" again because too few people ...

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Tuesday urged states to speed up vaccinations by moving down the list of priority groups if supply is outstripping demand from one group. Adams’s comments … ...

Former United States Air Force surgeon general to lead Military Health Institute at UT Health San Antonio Business Announcement. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ...

Updated January 03, 2025 at 12:03 PM ET. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling on Congress to require health warning labels that inform consumers about the link between alcohol consumption ...

Nearly 40 states back surgeon general’s social media warning labels. Dozens of attorneys general say the labels could help address the ‘mental health crisis’ affecting young people.

Overruling the objections of gun-rights advocates, the U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy, a British-born, American-educated internal medicine specialist, to become the 19th surgeon ...

President Biden’s surgeon general on Thursday used his first formal advisory to the United States to deliver a broadside against tech and social media companies, which he accused of not doing ...