Tag: Vivek Murthy

Booze Is a Costlier Problem than Opioids, Surgeon General Says

Chris Deaton · November 18, 2016 8:13 pm

Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy released a report Thursday that found that only one in 10 people suffering from substance abuse get treatment. (AP Photo)

Report: Nearly 21 million have substance abuse problem

Robert King · November 17, 2016 4:13 pm

Learning to count with Count von Count and singing along to "G, Grover" actually helps keep disadvantaged preschoolers on level footing with other students as they start their education. (AP Photo)Â

Surgeon general tells Elmo: Get vaccinated

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 20, 2015 11:04 am

In this Feb. 4, 2014, photo, Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Surgeon general to focus on obesity

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 6, 2015 10:00 am

Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. Surgeon General, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

U.S. Surgeon General: Medical marijuana ‘can be helpful’

Kelly Cohen · February 5, 2015 1:04 pm

Senate confirms Vivek Murthy as new surgeon general

Sean Lengell · December 15, 2014 11:49 pm

Dr. Vivek Murthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. Surgeon General, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Surgeon general nominee poised for Senate confirmation

Sean Lengell · December 15, 2014 7:57 pm

There are 55 Democrats in the Senate. Since Majority Leader Harry Reid changed the rules to kill filibusters for nominations, it would take just 51 votes to confirm Dr. Vivek Murthy. Democrats could do it all by themselves, even if every Republican opposed. But Democrats have not confirmed Murthy. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Meredith Nierman)

Why is there no surgeon general? Ask Democrats

Byron York · October 21, 2014 9:00 am

Red Alert Politics

Talk show host and veteran Montel Williams bashes Obama over VA scandal

Melissa Quinn · May 29, 2014 3:15 pm

Dr. Vivek Murthy.

Vivek Murthy shouldn’t be confirmed as surgeon general

Richard Carmona · March 28, 2014 12:00 am