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Three years after starting a club meant to fight social media’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm ...

An advisory about fine particle air pollution from the highest-ranking physician in the United States would be a powerful ...

Guns are the leading killer of children in America. It's a humanitarian crisis – and we should treat it like one.

But in many scientific circles, consuming virtually any amount of alcohol is now seen as toxic. On Jan. 3, outgoing Surgeon ...

Public Schools is pursuing a lawsuit against the companies behind Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube.

Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to illustrate the states where children are more likely to die of gun violence than ...

In an advisory issued Friday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended that labels on alcoholic beverages be updated to include a warning about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol ...

A group of Massachusetts state lawmakers and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have filed bills that would place restrictions ...

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recently stated that alcohol-attributable cancers kill 20,000 Americans annually. His final ...

On a flight to New York City one Sunday, Molly Matthews watched the regularly scheduled worship service at her home church in ...

At least eight states have enacted cellphone bans in schools over the past two years, and proposals are being considered in ...