A new report by the WHO Commission on Social Connection on a once-taboo subject, loneliness, is deeply disturbing.Titled “From Loneliness to Social Connection: Charting a Path to Healthier Societies,” ...

The rate of loneliness among young adults has increased every year between 1976 and 2019. In 2018, just 16 percent of Americans reported that they felt very attached to their local community ...

Outside of those times, loneliness in effect became background noise, it is always playing in the background, but they do not always pay attention to it.

The U.S. Surgeon General declared a new public health epidemic in America, loneliness. A new report finds loneliness can have profound effects on mental health as well as heart disease, stroke and ...

Consider loneliness as normal, even ever-present, in your relationships. We may believe that once we’ve found “the one” we’ll never be lonely again. But that’s rarely the case.

Loneliness kills. It poses a greater threat to health than obesity, and its life-shortening effects are comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Furthermore, it is rampant in today’s workplace.

Dog walker crosses intersection with 3 dogs and city in the background. ... Loneliness in America. Social connection is a fundamental human need, just like the need to eat and drink water.

And Ellen D., 83, from New York, wrote: “I’ve lived alone for many years, but the loneliness that goes so deep that it makes you wonder what you did wrong and whether it’s worth going on ...

Though anxiety has increased in the U.S. in recent months, a drastic spike in loneliness that psychologists expected hasn't emerged. People seem to be finding new ways to connect, researchers say.

Surgeon General discusses health risks of loneliness and steps to help connect with others The U.S. Surgeon General declared a new public health epidemic in America, loneliness. A new report finds ...

Dog walker crosses intersection with 3 dogs and city in the background. It probably won’t come as a surprise that the gig economy has exploded in recent years, thanks in large part to the ...