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    The Best Way to Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Pandemic
    • Sep 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Best Way to Take Care of Your Mental Health During the Pandemic

    Opinion by Vivek H. Murthy and Alice T. Chen As the US grapples with Covid-19, its economic fallout, and the continuing anguish of racial...
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    An Open Letter to Our Brothers and Sisters in Medicine
    • May 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    An Open Letter to Our Brothers and Sisters in Medicine

    Gratitude from the former U.S. surgeon general and executive director of Doctors for America Every day over the past few weeks, our...
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    The Coronavirus Could Cause a Social Recession
    • Mar 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    The Coronavirus Could Cause a Social Recession

    The Atlantic - Economic slowdowns are easy to measure, but the lingering damage to communal bonds may be no less harmful.
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    • Sep 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    How Health Systems Are Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change (Harvard Business Review)

    By Alice Chen and Vivek Murthy On all fronts, health care systems are on the front lines of climate change. But they are not sitting idle...
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    • Sep 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Should We Be More Optimistic About Fighting Climate Change? (Harvard Business Review)

    By Alice Chen and Vivek Murthy There are two stories about climate change. The first is the one you hear the most; that if we don’t...
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    • Jun 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    Opinion: Former health leaders: It’s time to make Atlanta smoke-free (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    By Drs. Louis Sullivan, Vivek Murthy, and David Satcher As doctors and former public servants who have worked as the Secretary of Health...
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    Work and the Loneliness Epidemic (Harvard Business Review)
    • Sep 28, 2017
    • 1 min

    Work and the Loneliness Epidemic (Harvard Business Review)

    During my years caring for patients, the most common pathology I saw was not heart disease or diabetes; it was loneliness. Loneliness and...
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    E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General
    • Dec 16, 2016
    • 1 min

    E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General

    E-cigarette use among U.S. youth and young adults is now a major public health concern. E-cigarette use has increased considerably in...
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    Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health
    • Nov 16, 2016
    • 1 min

    Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health

    With The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, I am issuing a new call to action to end the public health crisis of...
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    Step It Up! The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities
    • Sep 10, 2015
    • 1 min

    Step It Up! The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Promote Walking and Walkable Communities

    There are many reasons to take a walk. We may walk to school, to work, or even to our places of worship. We may walk to help us think...
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