The U.S. Surgeon General says widespread loneliness in the United States poses health risks as deadly as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they’ve experienced loneliness, Dr. Vivek Murthy […]
A federal judge on Dec. 7 ruled that three high-ranking officials within the Biden administration will not be required to testify under oath at depositions in a lawsuit that alleges federal government collusion with Big Tech companies to censor users. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty in October ordered the depositions of Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) […]
The Biden administration’s attempt to block depositions of several key officials was turned down on Nov. 2 by a U.S. judge. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, rejected a request for a partial stay of his Oct. 21 order authorizing the depositions of eight officials, including President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser Dr. […]
The public government campaign to pressure Big Tech platforms such as Twitter to crack down on supposed misinformation violates the U.S. Constitution, according to a new lawsuit. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has repeatedly pressed Twitter and other platforms to suppress COVID-19 misinformation, while White House press secretary Jen Psaki has said President Joe Biden thinks […]
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said the court ruling that blocked President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate would be a setback for public health. It comes as a hospital system that operates in 19 states can no longer fire its unvaccinated employees because of the ruling.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Sunday said the administration would not rule out extending the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses to employers with fewer than 100 workers. Last Thursday, the Department of Labor published its emergency temporary standard rule stipulating that businesses with 100 or more workers mandate vaccinations or weekly COVID-19 testing […]
President Joe Biden will announce more COVID-19 measures before the United Nations General Assembly meets this week, said U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Murthy did not say what new measures would be announced by Biden. Last week, the president issued several executive orders mandating that federal contractors, federal workers, and […]
