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Dr Vivek Murthy calls on tech companies and policymakers to take ‘immediate action’ to protect children’s mental health

“We do not have enough evidence to conclude that social media is, in fact, sufficiently safe for our kids.”

The problem of loneliness isn't one that tech can solve, experts say

Dr Murthy believes chronic and widespread loneliness – enveloping half of all adults in his country – costs billions of dollars each year.

American lore is full of tales of the lone cowboy, the rugged individualist who will do what needs to be done and ride off into the sunset

Vivek Murthy, the US surgeon general, recently warned that “being socially disconnected” has a similar effect on mortality as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. This statement was widely reported in the media, including in the Washington Post, the Times and the Daily Mail. But where does this “15…

United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently called loneliness an epidemic and issued a public health advisory on the healing effects of social connection and community.

The places where people could once meet up and make friends have been savaged by austerity

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a startling public health warning about America's epidemic of isolation