Americans are disconnected from each other at historic levels, buffeted by what a former surgeon general calls an “epidemic ...

The number of people burdened by SLR is significantly higher when the risk of isolation is considered, rather than only the risk of inundation. Credit: Nature Climate Change (2023). DOI: ...

According to data from the Census Bureau’s American Time Use Survey, in 2012 the average American spent 15 hours per week hanging out with friends, colleagues, and neighbors. By 2021, this number had ...

In a study conducted in the lab as well as during the COVID-19 lockdowns, participants reported higher levels of tiredness after eight hours of social isolation. The results suggest that low energy ...

Trends in percentage of people age 50 to 80 who reported feeling isolated from others some of the time or often, between 2018 and 2024. Data from the National Poll on Healthy Aging. Loneliness and ...

Using longitudinal data from the US Health and Retirement Study, this study applied causal inference modeling to disentangle ...

Social isolation has a direct causal impact on how quickly cognitive function declines in later life, independent of whether someone feels lonely.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared loneliness to be a pressing global threat, with the effects of isolation and loneliness now being recognized and compared to well-known health risks ...