surgeon general
noun
plural surgeons general
: the chief medical officer of a branch of the armed services or of a public health service
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While policymakers in Texas banned health departments from promoting COVID vaccines and Florida's surgeon general bucked medical consensus to recommend against the vaccine, governmental bodies across the country haven't blocked the vaccines outright.
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CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
According to the surgeon general, Americans who miss those connections are caught up in an epidemic of loneliness, which leaves people at risk for mental and physical health issues.
—Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
For many, choosing this way of life is a radical answer to larger social issues: food waste, skyrocketing rents and home prices, and what the US surgeon general has dubbed a loneliness epidemic.
—Belle Cushing, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
Loneliness and social isolation, US surgeon general Vivek H. Murthy, MD, declared last year, have become an epidemic.
—Marissa Conrad, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
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CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
According to the surgeon general, Americans who miss those connections are caught up in an epidemic of loneliness, which leaves people at risk for mental and physical health issues.
—Sarah Kollat, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
For many, choosing this way of life is a radical answer to larger social issues: food waste, skyrocketing rents and home prices, and what the US surgeon general has dubbed a loneliness epidemic.
—Belle Cushing, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
Loneliness and social isolation, US surgeon general Vivek H. Murthy, MD, declared last year, have become an epidemic.
—Marissa Conrad, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Surgeon general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surgeon%20general. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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