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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been sounding the alarm on the loneliness epidemic for more than a ... "There are forces around us that are telling us that the way to fill the emptiness ...

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 ...

which is causing a deep sense of loneliness in their lives, leading to them reacting in aggressive ways, the former surgeon general of the US Dr Vivek Murthy warned. During the podcast ...

In 2023, the World Health Organization declared loneliness a pressing public-health concern, and then-President Joe Biden’s surgeon general ... experiences tell us about society’s ills ...

N o one would blame you for thinking that we’re in the midst of an unprecedented global loneliness emergency. The United ...