In May this year, the US Surgeon General warned that widespread loneliness in the US poses health risks just as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Declaring the latest public health epidemic, Dr. Vivek Murphy said about half of US adults have experienced loneliness, as Americans become less engaged in their communities, their places of worship and even in their own families. It’s a phenomenon seen in other parts of the world, under many different circumstances, as people struggle with social isolation, disruption and dislocation after major disasters, or the problem of migratory grief -- seen in those left behind by family members wanting to build better lives outside their home country. This week, CNA Correspondent looks at the many faces of loneliness, grief and isolation, in the US, Europe, Australia, and Venezuela.
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