What’s the evidence for the surgeon general’s proposed social media warning? Annalisa Merelli By Annalisa Merelli June 17, 2024

https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/17/surgeon-general-social-media-warning-praise-pushback/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8kRcdWIlPN_UMRD0hjU-gQX0nhVO-WT-iZCMvpalM1vkHUBwJ7wZ-HN8TQ9lvrvfT-kBJdA16U7kA2Ux6V8ss0NN-pcA&_hsmi=312829735&utm_content=312829735&utm_source=hs_email The Aspen Ideas: Health conference took place this weekend, bringing together leaders from around the world. STAT’s Usha Lee McFarling was there and brings us these tidbits: Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), pictured above on stage in shorts, sneakers, and black Carhartt hoodie, spoke about his mental health struggles, saying that he hears from people daily that his story affected them. “I just want to be the voice I would have wanted to hear,” he said. Fetterman believes that the warning label for social media proposed by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is a great idea. “If you’re not willing to make it safer … Congress has to force you to do that,” he said.