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Social isolation and loneliness in aging adults have been linked to numerous physical and mental health ailments. Teaching students how to listen deeply to older people can lessen those effects.
Spending Christmas by yourself can be hard but research shows there are things that should help.
Two new studies highlight the importance of social connection in the workplace and illustrate why working from home may not be the optimal workplace arrangement.
At times when COVID numbers are increasing, allowing infectious people to mingle freely at work and socially will create epidemic growth and make the crisis even worse.
Isolation and exclusion are common and damaging experiences.
Will two fewer days of isolation make much of a difference to COVID case numbers?
COVID-19 deaths tend to be more unexpected and traumatic than other types of deaths. A sociologist explains the mental health burdens facing the millions who’ve lost a relative to the coronavirus.
Think again if you assume only older people are isolated by technology.
If you found the COVID pandemic affected you differently to your friends, it could be down to your DNA.
Is it time for us to overhaul this longstanding symbol of social grace?
The risk of a household contact becoming infected is low. So it’s time to lift isolation requirements, now so many of us are immune to the virus.
New research shows using social media can provide a much-needed boost to UK farmers’ wellbeing, connectedness and mental health, and even bank balances.
A trauma-informed approach to education can help educators acknowledge and address the adversities faced by Black and Indigenous students.
The CDC’s controversial recommendation changes are based on new studies showing that most omicron transmission takes place within five days of the onset of illness.
A GP and mental health clinician offers some tips to support your mental health if you get COVID and are isolating at home.
As people living in long-term care homes brave another lockdown, communication is key and the presence of family members (virtually or through the window) is needed.
This is a proportional response to managing risk at this stage of the pandemic, with so many of us vaccinated and receiving boosters. However, we need to monitor these changes.
Just when things seemed to be getting back to COVID normal, a new variant has us worried all over again. But we can be kind to our brains and boost well-being in uncertain times.
Stay-at-home and quarantining orders have led to increasing isolation. Virtual reality may help alleviate some of the negative feelings of isolation, and this has potential implications for space travel.
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wollongong
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Deputy Head of School for Psychology and Computer Science, University of Central Lancashire
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Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection, University of Washington
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of South Australia
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Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, UNSW Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Principal Research Fellow, National Ageing Research Institute
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Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication, UWA, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Urban Studies and Professor of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
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Adjunct Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Director and CEO, Burnet Institute
