Loneliness strikes at heart of America, surgeon general asserts

Depression, anxiety, and suicide come up more and more in parenting, education, policymaking, the workplace and most of all, health care.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy took on loneliness as a root factor in mental health issues at Aspen Ideas Festival: Health on Saturday. His office recently released an 85-page advisory identifying loneliness a public health epidemic in America, afflicting one of every two adults.

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