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Even small amounts of alcohol can cause cancer, warns US Surgeon General
US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy recommends warning labels on alcoholic beverages due to their links to cancer.
Updated on Jan 05, 2025 06:30 PM IST
India partnership bound by shared values, ideas: US dy secy of state
Richard R Verma, a former ambassador to India, is the highest ranking Indian-American ever in the State Department
Updated on Oct 02, 2023 01:10 AM IST
Indian-origin Vivek Murthy is US representative on WHO executive board
Dr Murthy, 45, will serve in the new position alongside his continued duties as the US Surgeon General, the White House said in a statement.
Published on Oct 05, 2022 11:47 AM IST
PTI |
Vivek Murthy calls for efforts against health misinformation during Covid-19
In his first advisory as surgeon general under US President Joe Biden, Murthy detailed the efforts that could be taken to curb the spread of health misinformation, which he called “serious threat to public health.”
Published on Jul 15, 2021 11:36 PM IST
Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy sworn in as US Surgeon General
Murthy has occupied the position of America’s Surgeon General for the second time.
Published on Mar 26, 2021 03:22 PM IST
PTI | , Washington
US passes 25 million Covid-19 cases: Johns Hopkins University
After the first Covid-19 case was reported in the US in January 2020 it took until late April for the figure to pass one million. The overall number of cases has followed an almost exponential curve upwards since then.
Published on Jan 24, 2021 10:22 PM IST
AFP |
‘Grateful for opportunity’: Indian-American Dr Vivek Murthy after being named US surgeon general amid Covid-19
Vivek Murthy was the US Surgeon General from December 2014 to April 2017 and at 37 was the youngest one to hold the office
Updated on Dec 07, 2020 10:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shivani Kumar
Biden names Fauci, Murthy to top positions in his health team
Murthy returns as Surgeon General, his old job in the Obama administration, and Fauci will serve as Biden’s chief medical advisor on Covid-19 and will continue to lead the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Updated on Dec 07, 2020 10:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Indian-American Neera Tanden named in Joe Biden’s top economic team
Neera Tanden is the first Indian-descent American to be appointed to a federal cabinet in a Democratic administration. Two more Indian Americans - Vivek Murthy and Arun Majumdar - are in the mix of names speculated about for other cabinet positions
Updated on Dec 01, 2020 12:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj
Indian Americans Vivek Murthy, Arun Majumdar among likely in Biden’s Cabinet: reports
President-elect Joe Biden has said that his Cabinet would be the most diverse ever.
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 11:19 AM IST
Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India | Posted by Mallika Soni
‘Easier to spread indoors’: What Joe Biden’s Indian-American advisor says about Covid-19
The 43-year-old former US surgeon general, who co-chairs the Covid-19 advisory board of Biden, told Fox News on Sunday that people are tired from the pandemic fatigue.
Updated on Nov 16, 2020 03:26 PM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Keep your masks on, Biden says after Pfizer announces vaccine success
Biden, who had made fighting the pandemic his top priority, named a 13-member advisory board on Sunday
Updated on Nov 09, 2020 11:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Biden taps Vivek Murthy to co-chair Covid-19 team: Report
Biden will issue a string of executive orders reversing some of President Donald Trump’s most controversial decisions, a report said. He will return the US to the Paris Accord, remove the travel ban on people from some Muslim-majority countries, resume funding for WHO and reinstate protections for undocumented immigrants brought as children.
Updated on Nov 08, 2020 01:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | Yashwant Raj , edited by Vinod Janardhanan
Former US surgeon general Vivek Murthy may get key role in Biden administration
Murthy, who at 37 was the youngest US surgeon general, is one of the two core Indian-American advisers to Joe Biden. He has been privately advising Biden on the coronavirus pandemic for months.
Updated on Nov 07, 2020 09:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral
US Elections 2020: 2 prominent Indian-Americans among Joe Biden’s core advisers
According to a report in the New York Times, Dr Vivek Murthy and Harvard economist Raj Chetty have briefed Joe Biden on economic issues. Dr Murthy is a former US Surgeon General who was appointed by Barack Obama.
Updated on Oct 30, 2020 08:50 AM IST
New York | Press Trust of India | Posted by Karan Manral