Vivek Murthy

Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to health.

— Vivek Murthy

Our health care workers are the heroes of the Covid-19 response.

— Vivek Murthy

Loneliness can become a downward spiral.

— Vivek Murthy

So my weakness is sweets. I like bread pudding and cheesecake in particular.

— Vivek Murthy

Kindness is more than a virtue. It is a source of strength.

— Vivek Murthy

Being Indian-American, I have tremendous potential to grow facial hair.

— Vivek Murthy

Gun violence is a problem that this country should be addressing.

— Vivek Murthy

Not all social interaction is uplifting.

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When you're in a pocket with low vaccination rates, that's when you find yourself at greater risk of getting measles.

— Vivek Murthy

For far too many people, the stigma around addiction prevents them from stepping forward for help.

— Vivek Murthy

I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control.

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I'm calling for a cultural change in how we think about addiction. For far too long people have thought about addiction as…

— Vivek Murthy

When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that.

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Emotions are a source of power, and that's what science tells us. But many people I encounter have been led to think…

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The amount of sleep you get has an impact, not just on how you feel the next day, but it has an…

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I firmly believe that everybody in America needs a safe place to walk or to wheelchair roll.

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In the short term if I feel loneliness, it's like any other biological signals. It's like hunger or thirst. It's alerting me…

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When it comes to creating emotional wellbeing, we are only going to achieve this, I believe, if we help each other in…

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Loneliness is different than isolation and solitude. Loneliness is a subjective feeling where the connections we need are greater than the connections…

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Our nation absolutely has what it takes to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic that's claimed tens of thousands of our loved ones. We…

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I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer.…

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I believe that inspiration is one of the most powerful forces in life. In career and in relationships, it's worth searching for…

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When I was younger, my family suddenly and unexpectedly lost all of our life savings to a man we had trusted as…

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If we approach other people understanding our own value, being confident in who we are, being centered and grounded, it's actually easier…

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I think sometimes in the focus on deep friendships and on romantic relationships, we can lose sight of how important the small…

— Vivek Murthy

It turns out that our ability to connect with other people is driven by our ability to connect deeply with ourselves. And…

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The surgeon general is responsible for sharing scientifically-based information with the public so that they can improve their health. But I will…

— Vivek Murthy

While there are relatively few extreme introverts or extroverts, most of us lean in one direction or the other. If we lean…

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I grew up in Miami, Florida and the Miami Heat were my favourite team growing up. In fact, the franchise started when…

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Drug addiction is an incredibly difficult challenge to manage on one's own. When I think of all the stories I've heard from…

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I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak…

— Vivek Murthy

Drug addiction is tearing our communities and our country apart, and until we decide we're going to think differently about it, until…

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I have to be careful when I'm around sweets.

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The A.C.A. is not perfect, but it has helped us move forward.

— Vivek Murthy

Despite growing up in very poor circumstances, my father had big dreams.

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My mother was from a middle-class background.

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We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter.

— Vivek Murthy

Most parents vaccinate their kids. That is the bottom line.

— Vivek Murthy

A lot of people have misconceptions about what the surgeon general does.

— Vivek Murthy

I have come to believe that America is a promise we have made to one another.

— Vivek Murthy