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Alaska, Oregon and Virginia are the three states with the highest percentage of adults reporting some sort of loneliness

A few weeks before Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey, announced in May 2024 that they were expecting, the pop icon posted a selfie where he appears tearful and distraught.

A recent U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory urges action to protect the mental health and well-being of parents

Parents’ wellbeing declared a ‘critical health priority’ as stressors such as finances and child safety plague parents

The United States’ most senior public health official, surgeon-general Vivek Murthy, believes social media platforms should come with warning labels. The United Nations’ education, science and culture agency says smartphones should be banned in schools. Chinese regulators are pushing to limit children’s smartphone use to just two hours a day.

In an interview, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says Congress needs to address two key public health issues: gun violence and mental health.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy addresses gun violence, mental health, tech impact, and loneliness in public health advocacy.

“All you want to do as parents is protect them.”

The documentary Join or Die examines the decline of civic engagement in America – and how it has fueled a worsening national crisis