Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - The Jalisco State Health Department (SSJ) has confirmed an alarming rise in dengue cases in the region, now reaching 11,238 confirmed cases, with four fatalities as of the ...

A study from June this year found that the epidemic of loneliness reflects nuances in Korean culture, which “emphasizes relational orientation” – or people defining themselves in relation ...

Over the past two decades, there has been a rapid increase in throat cancer in the west, to the extent that some have called it an epidemic. This has been due to a large rise in a specific type of ...

A cyclist has been seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash near a primary school at around pick-up time. Police were called just before 3.40pm yesterday (Friday, October 18) to the incident on ...

Despite living in a hyperconnected society where people are just a text message away from one another, loneliness is a “silent epidemic”, as Mr Choy put it. A survey by the Institute of Policy ...

Gallup’s data comes months after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness and isolation a national epidemic, calling it an urgent public health issue. "Social connection is as essential ...

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A top US health official has warned the country is facing an epidemic of loneliness that is as dangerous to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told BBC News he was ...