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Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy urges COVID boosters during Chicago visit as cases rise again

“The bottom line is we have protection available. It’s just upon all of us now to make sure people use those tools,” the surgeon general said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mindfulness app Calm has teamed up with the U.S. Surgeon General on a new series to help ease your end-of-year anxiety

The “Mindfulness Tools” series is available starting Dec. 1 on Calm and YouTube

Fortune

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Twitter Quits the Biden Administration's Ham-Handed Crusade Against COVID-19 'Misinformation'

Elon Musk's rescission of the platform's prior policy, which forbade dissent from official guidance, is consistent with his promise of lighter moderation.

Reason

US surgeon general sparks horror after sharing ‘unpopular’ ice cream opinion: ‘Impeach’

‘There was no need to tweet this’

The Independent UK

Biden's Sneaky Censors

Behind the scenes, federal officials pressure social media platforms to suppress disfavored speech.

Reason

These Emails Show How the Biden Administration's Crusade Against 'Misinformation' Imposes Censorship by Proxy

Social media companies are eager to appease the government by suppressing disfavored speech.

Reason

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Citing a mental health crisis among young people, California lawmakers target social media

Karla Garcia said her son’s social media addiction started in fourth grade, when he got his own computer for virtual learning and logged on to YouTube. Now, two years later, the video-sharing site has replaced both schoolwork and the activities he used to love — like composing music or serenading…

Tribune News Service

Access, hesitancy loom over COVID-19 vaccine rollout for toddlers - Roll Call

Adults had plenty of opportunities to get their COVID-19 vaccines. But it won't be as easy for those under age of 5.

Roll Call

You're Wrong About Disinformation

People believe and say things that aren't true all of the time, of course. But efforts by public officials to combat them may well make things worse, not better.

Reason

Q&A: Surgeon general warns of ‘crisis’ level health care burnout during Atlanta visit

During a visit to Grady Memorial Hospital Thursday, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm over burnout among health care workers reeling after more than two years of caring for patients suffering from an ever-changing and often mystifying virus.

Tribune News Service

Jill Biden, Murthy welcome 2nd mass delivery of baby formula

Jill Biden and the U.S. surgeon general are empathizing with parents across the country who have been scrambling to find infant formula for their children

The Independent UK

The health care workforce shortage problem

The world had a global shortfall of roughly 43 million health care workers — and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Axios

Harris, surgeon general, warn of health care worker burnout

Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy are warning of burnout among the nation’s health care staff after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

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Salon

Formula scarcity spurs deeper questions

Corporate consolidation of baby formula-makers got us to this point of crisis

The Independent UK

Jill Biden, Selena Gomez lead talk on youth mental health

Selena Gomez joined first lady Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy at the White House on Wednesday for a conversation about youth mental health

Roll Call

White House turns focus to youth mental health - Roll Call

For Jazmine Wildcat, a young member of the Northern Arapaho tribe in Wyoming, finding a therapist who understood her struggles was difficult. “Where I’m from, on the reservation, it’s not very talked about,” she said Wednesday, with tears in her eyes, during an event at the White House focused on the…

Reason

The Biden Administration Sees Free Speech As a Public Menace

The alarm aroused by the Disinformation Governance Board is understandable given the administration’s broader assault on messages it considers dangerous.

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More people are struggling with loneliness than diabetes, US surgeon general says

Miami Herald

More people are struggling with loneliness than diabetes, US surgeon general says

MIAMI — The link between loneliness and public health may not be readily apparent to many, but it is to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who visited his Miami hometown Friday with a broad agenda — meeting with health care workers about pandemic-related burnout, speaking with LGBTQ students about mental…

The Independent UK

US Surgeon General calls for ‘preparation, not panic’ as Europe faces Covid wave

‘We can live our lives and not let Covid define our lives’ says Surgeon General Vivek Murthy

The Independent UK

America's doctor, family get COVID-19 despite safeguards

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says he and his young family have COVID-19 despite their best efforts to avoid infection by getting vaccinated and taking other precautions

The Guardian - US

Joe Biden to urge ‘deterrence and diplomacy’ in Ukraine crisis – as it happened

President to talk publicly after hosting call with Nato allies – follow all the day’s politics news

Tribune News Service

US surgeon general warns on COVID risk after his toddler tests positive

Joining worried parents across the country, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy announced Tuesday on Twitter that his 4-year-old daughter had tested positive for COVID-19.

Roll Call

Senate Finance leaders outline mental health legislative timeline - Roll Call

Senate Finance Committee leaders said they aim to put together a bipartisan legislative package addressing mental health.

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