Dear Friends, This past week was a particularly intense one. As with many others, we have both found ourselves lurching from one breaking...

Dear Friends, ​ We heard a story this week from our friend Jessica that put a smile on our faces. After 20 years of bringing children...

Dear Friends, It has been over three months since we released Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely...

The fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention will air tonight from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern time. Julia...

Former United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy ’98 and former director of Doctors for America Alice Chen spoke to students about...

Opinion by Vivek H. Murthy and Alice T. Chen As the US grapples with Covid-19, its economic fallout, and the continuing anguish of racial...

Many workplaces have become increasingly lonely, even before the coronavirus pandemic made more of us literally remote. It’s not just an...

Gratitude from the former U.S. surgeon general and executive director of Doctors for America Every day over the past few weeks, our...

Vivek Murthy was a newly-minted doctor when he realized that his thorough medical school education had fallen short. His training hadn't...

Brené Brown and Vivek discuss loneliness and the physical and emotional toll that social disconnection takes on us, in Brené's podcast,...

PODCAST - "All of us, regardless of what stage of life we’re at, we’ve got three basic needs..."

NY Times - Attempts to avoid coronavirus can increase the risk of physical and emotional harm from limited social contact.

The Atlantic - Economic slowdowns are easy to measure, but the lingering damage to communal bonds may be no less harmful.

Freakanomics Radio - We look into what’s known (and not known) about the prevalence and effects of loneliness...

Former Surgeon General Reveals What This Means For You Author and psychotherapist, Bryan Robinson, PhD, interviews Vivek about his...

Feeling lonely is more prevalent in Americans—even young, smart, friendly ones—than diabetes and smoking. So it’s likely you’ve felt it....

In a conversation for Thrive, Sarah Hurwitz — who served as Michelle Obama's head speechwriter — sits down with former surgeon general...

A recent outbreak of illness and death has gotten everyone’s attention — including late-to-the-game regulators. But would a ban on...

Vivek sits down with Ezra Klein to discuss the importance of loneliness and social connection. "There’s a lot in this conversation....

By Alice Chen and Vivek Murthy On all fronts, health care systems are on the front lines of climate change. But they are not sitting idle...

By Alice Chen and Vivek Murthy There are two stories about climate change. The first is the one you hear the most; that if we don’t...

By Drs. Louis Sullivan, Vivek Murthy, and David Satcher As doctors and former public servants who have worked as the Secretary of Health...

Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy argues that the effects of loneliness are as detrimental to the human body as smoking 15...

Former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy tackled a range of public health crises such as Zika, drug and alcohol addiction and obesity....