Vivek Murthy could have chosen a lot of ways to spend his final weeks as U.S. Surgeon General. Six in 10 Americans suffer from a chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes or Alzheimer’s or heart disease. Mental health issues have been rising. A form of avian flu killed an elderly man in Louisiana in January.
But Murthy chose to focus his final health advisory on alcohol, calling for beverages to carry warnings stating that alcohol is a cancer risk. He also called for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revisit the alcohol consumption recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Read the rest of Wine Spectator senior editor Mitch Frank’s analysis!
A different version of this article was originally published on January 14, 2025. You can read the full-length version for free here.
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