In 2023, the World Health Organization declared loneliness a pressing public-health concern, and then-President Joe Biden’s surgeon general ... experiences tell us about society’s ills ...

Loneliness is becoming an epidemic for people of all ages. To kick off 2025, Here & Now is looking at how people can forge connections in this era of loneliness.

After being confirmed for his second stint by the Senate in March 2021, Murthy began advocating for loneliness to be treated as a key area of focus for public health officials, describing it as an ...

N o one would blame you for thinking that we’re in the midst of an unprecedented global loneliness emergency. The United ...

Employers are mandating return-to-office policies, yet simply working in person is unlikely to foster true connections to ...

Last year, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a report titled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation ... programs or committees that can guide us to professional help, if needed.

(2023). Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community. US Department of Health and Human Services.

Welcome to what newspapers, magazine and even the former surgeon general is calling the “anti-social” century. Loneliness is an epidemic ... that are influencing us to opt out of pizza ...

“Our individual relationships are an untapped resource — a source of healing hiding in plain sight,” he wrote in Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation ... to foster belonging. Graphic courtesy of U ...

A Kingston cafe is trying to tackle the loneliness epidemic ... prompted by the work of US surgeon general Vivek Murthy who last year reported loneliness to be an epidemic on par with tobacco ...