Statewide social distancing measures played a major role in slowing the spread of COVID-19 this spring, researchers reported on August 11 in PLOS Medicine. Between March 10 and March 25, all 50 states ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The CDC is no longer recommending social distancing as a way to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, it is shifting toward ...

Social distancing inside at 60 feet is no safer than at 6 feet — and “exposure time” indoors is actually far more important, according to a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In ...

A couple whose wedding was set to be disrupted by social distancing rules held their wedding on a lake – with guests watching ...

A Houston Methodist study showed a rapid return of seasonal respiratory viruses after COVID-19 restrictions were relaxed in Texas, demonstrating the effectiveness of masking, distancing and other ...

Social distancing might be new to most of you, but I’ve been afraid to hug people since 2010. That’s because 10 years ago, hugging people put me at risk of contracting an illness I couldn’t fight: I ...

The most sensitive and heated topic of the entire pandemic is—without a doubt—the welfare of our children. How can we best protect them from this devastating virus? What role do they play in spreading ...

Forager ants do it, vampire bats do it, guppies do it, and mandrills do it. Long before humans learned about and started "social distancing due to COVID-19," animals in nature intuitively practiced ...

The notion of social distancing rose to public prominence approximately a year ago, when health officials began recommending it as a way to slow the spread of the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus. Despite the ...