Social distancing are practices implemented by public health officials to keep contagious diseases from spreading. The measures are aimed at trying to cut down the amount of virus spreading around, ...

BOSTON, Mass. (AP) — As the coronavirus spreads into more and more communities, public health officials are placing responsibility on individuals to help slow the pandemic. Social distancing is the ...

People have a fundamental need for human connection. This idea is strongly rooted in our evolutionary past: Social living enhances the likelihood for survival from infancy through old age, making ...

The use of ping-pong balls and mouse traps is teaching millions of people how important social distancing is during the coronavirus pandemic. The Ohio Department of Health shared a video earlier this ...

Whether the people of Nebelivka knew it or not, this lower-density, clustered layout could have helped prevent any disease outbreaks from consuming the entire settlement. Fast Company’s picks of the 9 ...

A University of Washington model that has guided the White House coronavirus task force on the reach of COVID-19 suggests that no state should end social distancing before the start of May. UW’s IHME ...

The whole display would be almost satisfying to watch, if not for its context in the ongoing fight against COVID-19. In the video above, an expanse of bunched-up mousetraps, baited with ping pong ...

As the pandemic crisis abates, leaders in the private and public sectors are struggling with how much or little their organizations can and should tolerate remote work in normal operating conditions.

NEW YORK -- Can my children go on a play date? Is it OK if I visit the gym? In this time of coronavirus, once-easy questions have suddenly become complex. Here are some questions and answers about the ...