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  1. The #UnitedStates #SurgeonGeneral, Dr. #VivekMurthy, announced on Mon that he would push for #WarningLabels on #SocialMedia platforms advising #parents that using the platforms might damage #adolescents#MentalHealth.

    Warning labels —like on tobacco & alcohol— are one of the most powerful tools available to the nation’s top #health ofcl, but…requires approval by #Congress.

    #law #PublicHealth
    nytimes.com/2024/06/17/health/

  2. Surgeon general: Time to fix problem of #loneliness in #UnitedStates

    US Surgeon General #VivekMurthy is introducing a new framework to address loneliness in the United States this week, writing in a new op-ed that #SocialConnections must be a "top public health priority" in the country.

    "As it has built for decades, the epidemic of loneliness and isolation has fueled other problems that are killing us and threaten to rip our country apart," Murthy wrote in a NYT op-ed.

    thehill.com/policy/healthcare/