There are fears the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) could soon be unable to afford the ballooning cost of the Triple Lock pledge.

Spouses, caregivers realize nursing homes have locked down to head off coronavirus spread, but they fear ailing loved ones will be isolated, confused.

CDC officials cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the COVID-19 from 10 to five days, and similarly shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.

Social isolation in the U.S. rose even as the Covid crisis began to subside, new research shows. The findings suggest recovery from the pandemic may take a long time and could affect people’s ...

With the deaths of 18 residents in a single nursing home amid a coronavirus outbreak in Washington State, industry leaders recommend strict limits on visits at nursing homes across the country.

In Japan, where the virus has roared back, people are staying home but aren’t in isolation: 40% of elderly patients are getting sick from family members in the same apartments.

In a new report, Vivek Murthy says that the US is experiencing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation that can be as harmful to our health as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.