Aug 29 WATCH: ‘This ain’t your mother’s marijuana,’ surgeon general says By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Federal health officials are issuing a national warning against marijuana use by adolescents and pregnant women, as more states legalize some forms of the drug's use. Continue reading
Apr 28 He was a champion of public health — but played a role in the horrors of Tuskegee. Should a college expunge his name? By Megha Satyanarayana, STAT Dr. Thomas Parran Jr. has been called an architect of the syphilis experiments on black men and women in Tuskegee, Alabama. Continue reading
Apr 05 Surgeon general urges Americans to carry opioid overdose antidote By R.J. Rico, Associated Press Speaking at the National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit in Atlanta on Thursday morning, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams issued his office's first national public health advisory in 13 years. Continue reading
Apr 22 Trump Health Dept. dismisses Obama appointed surgeon general By Associated Press The Trump administration has relieved Dr. Vivek Murthy of his duties as U.S. Surgeon General. Continue reading
Nov 24 Watch 7:19 Surgeon general’s report calls for response to addiction crisis By PBS News Hour U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is warning Americans of the prevalence of substance abuse and the risks of not addressing it. His new report describes the lethal impact and widespread scope of addiction. William Brangham speaks with Murthy for more… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Army Works to Repair Medical Center, Reputation By PBS News Hour Army officials toured Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Wednesday to inspect and monitor repairs at the facility, which has been criticized for poor conditions and patient care. The Army's surgeon general and a veterans advocate debate the medical center's… Continue watching
Jan 12 Read the Surgeon General’s 1964 report on smoking and health By Kayla Ruble The U.S. Surgeon General's first Smoking and Health report marked its 50-year anniversary Saturday. Led by then Surgeon General Luther Terry with the help of an advisory committee, the 1964 landmark report linked smoking cigarettes with dangerous health effects, including… Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch What’s the state of smoking in America? We take American smoking rates 50 years after the landmark Surgeon General's report. Continue watching
Nov 15 One man’s rise from ‘Dr. Unqualified’ to surgeon-in-chief By Dr. Howard Markel In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern health and medicine on their anniversaries, like the confirmation of C. Everett Koop as surgeon general on Nov. 16, 1981. Photo… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch Newsmaker Interview with Surgeon General C. Everett Koop Jim Lehrer interviewed Surgeon General C. Everett Koop on the anniversary of the first surgeon general's report on smoking. Continue watching