Vivek Murthy

The Senate confirmed a soft-spoken physician as President Joe Biden's surgeon general Tuesday. While Dr vivek murthy says ending the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority, he's also raised concerns over a relapsing opioid overdose crisis. The vote on Murthy was 57-43, giving him bipartisan support.

The US on Wednesday rejected reports that it is abandoning the nomination of Indian-American vivek murthy as surgeon general, saying his name was approved with bipartisan support.

An influential group of Indian American doctors has campaigned at the Capitol Hill for Dr vivek murthy, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama for the post of Surgeon General of the United States.

The residents of Hallegere village, about 20km from Mandya, are delighted that someone with roots here has shot to global fame.

Indian-American physician vivek murthy has been confirmed by the Senate as President Joe Biden's surgeon general, a role in which his top priority would be responding to the coronavirus pandemic that has severely hit the country. Dr Murthy, 43, would occupy the position of America's Surgeon General for the second time.

On Wednesday, he put forth an expansive agenda for America, befitting the nation’s "TopDoc" as he was called on Twitter.

A leading American medical journal has lashed out at US lawmakers for being influenced by the powerful gun lobby to block the nomination of Indian-American vivek murthy for the top post of US Surgeon General, describing it as a new form of "political blackmail."

The United Kingdom and Japan have a minister handling loneliness as a portfolio. In the US, surgeon general Dr vivek murthy last week said half of the adult Americans have been affected by loneliness which, he said, is as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

Murthy, an Obama nominee, had been in the cross hairs of the pro-Republican National Rifle Association (NRA) given his strong stand on gun ownership.

37-year-old Indian-American physician Vivek Hallegere Murthy has been confirmed as the 19th surgeon general of America by US Senate.

The United States Senate is scheduled to vote on Tuesday to confirm Murthy

US President Joe Biden has sworn to combat antisemitism and promised "never again" while recognizing what Jewish Holocaust survivors have gone through. Biden stated that the US joins nations across the world in mourning "one of the darkest chapters in human history," grieving lives murdered by Nazis and honoring survivors and those who risked their lives for the innocent.

Murthy, 39, the first Indian-American appointed by the Obama regime as the Surgeon General, was dismissed last week to bring new leadership to the vital public health sector.

US President-elect Joe Biden has tapped his key Covid-19 advisor Dr vivek murthy as the next Surgeon General, a role for which he was appointed during the Obama administration and had to leave abruptly during the current Trump administration, according to a media report.

37-year-old Indian- American vivek murthy was sworn-in as the US Surgeon General by Vice President Joe Biden at a ceremony here today, becoming the youngest-ever in-charge of the country's public health

In a clear indication that New Delhi views the spat with Ottawa and Washington over the killing of pro-Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada as an aberration, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday it is “hard to put a limit” on India’s ties with the United States and “you ain’t seen anything yet”.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appointed US Surgeon General vivek murthy and African Union youth envoy Chido Mpemba as co-chairs of an international commission to address the issue of loneliness. Loneliness is a global health threat that is associated with increased risks of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, depression, anxiety, and premature death. The commission will work towards outlining solutions over a three-year period to build social connections and establish social connections as a global health priority. Loneliness affects all age groups worldwide, not just older people in high-income countries.

vivek murthy, the first Indian-American appointed by the Obama regime as the Surgeon General, has been dismissed by the Trump administration to bring new leadership to the vital public health sector. At 37, he was the youngest ever Surgeon General.

US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the scientists who will lead his admin's response to the coronavirus pandemic, signaling his plans to prioritize Covid-19. The advisory board will be led by three co-chairs: epidemiologist and former FDA commissioner David Kessler, former surgeon general vivek murthy, and Yale public health professor Marcella Nunez-Smith.

Routed in mid-term elections, Democrats in the US are using their lame-duck majority to vote for an Indian-American physician as the next surgeon-general before ceding control of the Senate in the next few days.

Among the many remarkable things about Dr Vivek Hallegere Murthy’s confirmation as America’s top doctor, formally known as the Surgeon-General of the United States, is his relative youth.