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Authorities Admit Loneliness Epidemic but Shun Responsibility

In early May 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy published an advisory1 on the growing epidemic of loneliness and social isolation. According to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the advisory is “part of the Biden administration’s broader efforts to address mental health”2 by raising awareness. No federal funding has been allocated to address it,… Read More »

Xi orders centralized response to coronavirus: ‘It is our responsibility to prevent and control it’

Health care members make first aid to people as they cover their faces with sanitary masks after the first cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Hong Kong. Miguel Candela | Getty Images President Xi Jinping on Saturday warned that the spread of the coronavirus presents a “grave situation,” as officials from central China to… Read More »