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Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy are warning of burnout among the nation’s health care staff after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their warning comes amid predictions of severe worker shortages in the years ahead. Harris and Murthy visited Children’s National Hospital in Washington on Monday. Murthy unveiled a new report sounding...

A faculty committee charged with looking into how the University of Florida hired controversial Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo says there were “numerous irregularities” in the hiring of the Harvard-trained physician and researcher that concerned committee members. The way Ladapo was hired appeared to violate the spirit of UF hiring regulations and procedures, especially in the role faculty play in…

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said Monday that the state will formally recommend against COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children.

NBC 6’s Jackie Nespral sat down with Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo to discuss his medical journey and his thoughts on COVID-19 treatments.

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo declined to disclose whether he has received a coronavirus vaccine during a contentious confirmation hearing where Democrats pressed the state’s top doctor to promote the shots

Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo moved closer to Senate confirmation Wednesday after a tense hearing where Democrats accused the state’s top doctor of evading questions on his coronavirus policies. NBC 6’s Ryan Nelson reports

Florida’s new surgeon general says allowing parents to make decisions on quarantines makes sense because he says quarantines do more harm than good. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that all Americans over the age of 18 will be eligible to receive booster shots beginning September 20 to bolster their protection against the coronavirus.

Following the announcement on Wednesday that HHS plans to make booster shots available to all American adults beginning September 20, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy explained how booster shots will help in the fight against the delta variant.

The U.S. surgeon general says he’s worried about what lies ahead with cases of COVID-19 increasing in every state, millions still unvaccinated and a highly contagious virus variant spreading rapidly.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging technology companies, health care workers and everyday Americans to do more to stop the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines

In a White House briefing on Thursday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy shared his new advisory on the dangers of health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Senate has confirmed a soft-spoken physician as President Joe Biden’s surgeon general.

U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome Adams visited South Florida to talk about federal efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the area and hand out masks with other Florida officials. “What we’re doing is we’re identifying problem areas around the country and sending in surge testing sites like we’re doing here in Miami to decrease turnaround times...

Jackie Nespral spoke with the Vice Admiral about what the latest numbers tell us as well as a special message for those most at risk

During a coronavirus task force briefing the Surgeon General Jerome Adams made remarks about “drugs, tobacco and alcohol” and “big momma” related to the black community and the coronavirus. In response to the much-publicized remarks black health professionals are calling his remarks irresponsible and lacking awareness, NBC News reported. Adam’s remarks come as health experts continue to highlight the...

The U.S. surgeon general says that Americans should brace for levels of tragedy reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks and the bombing of Pearl Harbor, while the nation’s infectious disease chief warned that the new coronavirus may never be completely eradicated from the globe.

The U.S. Surgeon General on Thursday urged all healthy Americans to consider donating blood to help fight a potential nationwide shortage amid the coronavirus outbreak. “Social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement,” Jerome Adams said at a White House press briefing in which he urged anyone who can to “give blood today.”

President Donald Trump has declared U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams a rising star for his work during the coronavirus outbreak

Surgeon General Jerome Adams addressed the media on Tuesday at a joint press conference with Vice President Mike Pence and other officials in the Trump administration working to respond to the Coronavirus outbreak.