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Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: Surgeon General's Advisory

The 2023 U.S. Surgeon General report that named social disconnection a public-health priority.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services8 min readSelected and edited by Dean ShabanAdded

Dr. Vivek Murthy's advisory laid out the health stakes of chronic loneliness (comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day) and proposed a national strategy to rebuild social infrastructure.

It is the single most-cited document in modern loneliness research and a useful primer for anyone arguing that connection deserves real policy attention.

Open at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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