As global populations transition into what has been called the “longevity society,” caring for the aging and dying has prompted the emergence of an unusual self-care movement promising improved ...

both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local government officials have all but begged Americans to practice “social distancing,” which essentially involves self-quarantining ...

But what exactly is staying socially apart? How best can we practice it? How important is it that we maintain our social distance in these challenging times? ESSENCE spoke to Gerald Onuoha II ...

students were more likely to practice social distancing if they believed two things: that it would protect against COVID-19 and that it was an action they could easily carry out. The most ...

On the other hand, many types of ants practice a form of active social distancing. Over the course of evolution, some ant species have adapted to abandon their tight knit-groups when they are ...

but about which there has been very little open discussion. I’m speaking of a phrase with which I’m so exasperated that it can barely come out of my mouth: “social distancing.” ...

Although the practice of quarantine is ancient, the term “social distancing” is actually quite recent. The problem with “social distancing” is that it points to the wrong thing ...

As California nears six months of quarantine regulations, the temptation of breaking social distancing seems to be too great for many teens. More and more photos of parties and large gatherings […] ...

Social distancing can be difficult in places such as nursing homes, apartments, college dormitories and migrant worker housing. Honey bees, like humans, are highly social organisms. A honey bee ...

Humans are not the only animals that social distance. In recent years, animals including bats, bees, and tortoises have suffered epidemics that have gutted their populations. Generally ...

But social distancing is not a novel concept in the natural world, where infectious diseases are commonplace. In fact, several social species will expel members within their own community if they ...