(Axios) – Driving the news: Surgeon General Vivek Murthyon Friday called for the U.S. to adopt cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages similar to the ones mandated for cigarettes. It falls in line with a 2023 warning from the World Health Organization about the cancer risks associated with alcohol consumption.

But Murthy’s advisory came just weeks after the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine — which helps inform the federal guidelines — issued a report that found moderate drinking may lessen the risk of dying or having hearts attacks and strokes compared with complete abstinence. (Read More)