How to Use surgeon general in a Sentence

surgeon general

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  • In Brief - In a first, the U.S. surgeon general warned that a toxic workplace is bad for your health.
    — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Stolle worked on the APA research that was cited in the surgeon general’s guidance.
    — Justine McDaniel, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2022
  • And yet the surgeon general came out and said social media can be harmful to children.
    — WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • The surgeon general says social media use can pose a risk of harm to young people’s mental health.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • As surgeon general, Rivkees plays a pivotal role in the state’s response.
    — Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • On the other hand, if being a doctor is related to the job, such as a surgeon general, then retain the Dr. title.
    — WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Their attorneys want to question Rivkees, who, as surgeon general, heads the Department of Health and signed the rule.
    — Jim Saunders, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • This tool is available through the surgeon general’s office.
    — Sarah Mantia, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2023
  • In May, the U.S. surgeon general issued a public warning about the risks posed by social media to youth mental health.
    — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2023
  • The surgeon general wants to promote gun control through public health.
    — John R. Lott Jr., National Review, 6 July 2024
  • Loneliness is an epidemic, and the health risks are ‘profound,’ the U.S. surgeon general warns.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • And, per the U.S. surgeon general, loneliness increases the risk of premature death by more than 60%.
    — Lauren Peace, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • And on the same day as the surgeon general’s warning this week, the White House commissioned a task force to analyze how to improve the health, safety and privacy of kids who go online.
    — Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 26 May 2023
  • The surgeon general has warned about the negative effects of social media on kids’ mental health.
    — Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2024
  • The Florida Senate confirmed Ladapo to become the state's surgeon general last month.
    — Steve Contorno and Carma Hassan, CNN, 7 Mar. 2022
  • As the pandemic puts a damper on the holiday season, there's still reason for hope, the nation's surgeon general said Sunday.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The increase led to the surgeon general issuing a rare advisory on the youth mental health crisis last month.
    — NBC News, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Title 42 of the U.S. Code empowers the surgeon general to halt immigration from certain places to prevent the spread of disease.
    — Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • In 1925, the US surgeon general convened a committee to render a verdict about its safety.
    — Michael J. Coren, Quartz, 16 June 2022
  • Earlier this year the U.S. surgeon general released a report on the youth mental health crisis.
    — Senator Edward J. Markey, Scientific American, 27 July 2023
  • On March 8, the Florida surgeon general announced that the state would not be recommending the vaccines for healthy children.
    — Emma Yasinski, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Then in 1964, the surgeon general had a specific report on the association with smoking and cancer, which led to lots of campaigns and things.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Originally developed in the 1940s, when World War II was still raging, the shots first went to the military, under orders from the surgeon general.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2022
  • From the surgeon general of the United States, this is a moonshot call, to reverse cultural patterns that are decades in the making and that profit some of the nation’s biggest businesses.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • In May 2023, the surgeon general issued a warning about the concerning effects of social media on youth mental health.
    — Royce Branning, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The Florida surgeon general went to see a state senator who is battling breast cancer.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Monkeypox now a 'global emergency':US needs to step up, says former surgeon general.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2022
  • And why, exactly, is the surgeon general wearing that uniform?
    — The Atlantic, 27 May 2021
  • As with other healthcare initiatives in Florida, this one bears the signature of Joseph Ladapo, the state’s surgeon general.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
  • However, as the surgeon general and the APA both acknowledge, social media has observed benefits as well as risks.
    — Devorah Heitner author, Newsweek, 10 July 2024

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