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  1. 15 hours ago · U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm a year ago, calling loneliness a public health crisis. Murthy recently visited Seattle to reassert his message and to show what progress the ...

  2. 3 days ago · SEATTLE — Loneliness isn’t just a feeling. It’s a public health concern, said U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Murthy declared loneliness and isolation a national epidemic in May 2023, issuing an 81-page report outlining the problem and potential solutions. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, about half of American adults said they’d ...

  3. 2 days ago · Last year, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an alarming report about a public health crisis that affects one out of every five American adults: loneliness. Recognizing the considerable ...

  4. 4 days ago · Her concerns over loneliness only increased when she learned of Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy’s warning that the United States is suffering from a loneliness epidemic. “The mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day,” Murthy states. Hearing this spurred Duffy to action.

  5. 3 days ago · U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called loneliness a public health “epidemic” in 2023, and the new data suggest this is particularly true for LGBQ+ college students, 70.3 percent of whom identified as lonely, compared to 60.6 percent of their non-LGBQ+ peers. While two-thirds (62.7 percent) of college students believe mental health is an ...

  6. 3 days ago · This “epidemic of loneliness,” as coined by Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, can take a severe toll on mental and physical health. As people age, the risks of isolation increase. With America’s older population growing rapidly — the 65 and older population reached more than 55 million in 2020 — discussing how older adults can combat ...

  7. 5 days ago · US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy classified the prevalence of loneliness as an epidemic. By 2018, half of the country reported feeling lonely at least sometimes, according to a Cigna survey, a...

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