Loneliness and isolation among older Americans have mostly returned to pre-pandemic rates, but that still means more than one third of people age 50 to 80 feel lonely, and nearly as many feel isolated ...

Source: Artwork by Alexi Berry. Used with permission. “The process of deepest inquiry…leads us to recognize that we are finite, that we must die, that we are free, and that we cannot escape our ...

"Silent" COVID-19 infections—cases in which individuals carried the virus without symptoms and avoided testing or isolation—likely exacerbated the pandemic's early spread and distorted containment ...