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Breaking down the US Surgeon General advisory on social media use among adolescents

By The DO Staff

07.24.23

When you hear the words ‘public health,’ what first comes to your mind? Is it educational pamphlets on how to stop smoking or combat heart disease? Is it the use of vaccines to eradicate once-deadly diseases? According to the US Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy, MD, one of the greatest public health threats facing us today is one that may not even have crossed your mind—social media.