To help its citizens navigate their way through social isolation and loneliness, Japan has introduced legislation. The legislation will go into effect on April 1 next year.

Japan enacts bill to tackle social isolation

The coronavirus pandemic had a huge toll on populations worldwide. However, one often ignored the cost of the pandemic stemming from the subsequent lockdowns. With most of the world forced to quarantine themselves, social isolation and loneliness have cropped up as a wound with a lasting scar.

Japan enacts law to tackle loneliness and social isolation

It has long been said that Humans are 'social animals,' we thrive on being around people. We all know isolation can be emotionally taxing, which is why it has long been used as a form of punishment in jails.

Research unmasks shocking toll social isolation has on human body

When she entered the cave, she was 48. The next two birthdays she celebrated inside a cave. With little contact with the outside world, a now 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete completed a 500-day challenge in which she lived 230 feet deep in a cave outside of Granada city in Spain.

Extreme experiment: A 50-year-old Spanish athlete emerges out of cave after 500 days

A Dallas suburb is helping seniors isolated in their homes by the coronavirus pandemic with regular telephone chats. The program being offered by the city of Plano is among those that have popped up across the U.S. during the pandemic to help older adults with a simple offer to engage in small talk.

Phone chats combat senior isolation in Texas city

In their time alone, netizens have come up with unique ways to keep themselves occupied. Many are sharing memes to describe their situation. This report brings you the best of the 'social distancing' memes.

Gravitas: How the world is dealing with social isolation during Wuhan Coronavirus

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