Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced that his department will end funding for a series of mRNA-based vaccines aimed at ...

Dr. Carmona : The Surgeon General is nominated by the President of the United States after much due diligence, and under the recommendation of his staff.

A Surgeon General’s Advisory on Alcohol and Cancer was released on Friday, Jan. 3, warning that alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States.

Kiley was appointed the 41st Surgeon General of the Army and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Sept. 30, 2004.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R–S.D.) is under White House pressure to speed the process of confirming President Donald Trump's nominees, among them Casey Means, the pick for surgeon general.

Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy addresses UCSF School of Medicine graduates on May 15. Photo by Elisabeth Fall Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, the 19 th Surgeon General of the United States, urged UC San ...

New surgeon general to advocate for science, compassion as guides for policy Dr. Jerome Adams will be the 20th surgeon general of the United States.

Surgeon generals often first serve as high-ranking doctors within the United States military, but President Donald Trump is continuing to expand his roster of unconventional hires by tapping a woo ...

For the first time in 146 years, a nurse has stepped into the position of Surgeon General of the United States. The controversial and abrupt dismissal of Vivek Murthy, MD, in the middle of his 4 ...

T he United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, has sent a letter to every doctor in the United States asking them to help solve the problem of opioid addiction in the United States. Murthy ...