WTVD

Coronavirus isolation creates unique challenges for alcoholics, drug addicts trying to get clean

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Coronavirus isolation is making it harder for people battling alcoholism and drug abuse. Myrover-Reese Fellowship Home is a group in Fayetteville that's spent nearly six ...
Yahoo

Working in isolation can pose mental health challenges – here’s what anyone can learn from how gig workers have adapted

Coffee shops can be a "third space" – not home or the office – where remote or gig workers can go to feel less isolated. Granger Wootz/Tetra images via Getty Images In the wake of the pandemic, it is ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Testing challenges continue as CDC updates isolation guidelines

COVID HEADLINES. JENNIFER: WE ARE AT A TESTING SITE IN ALLSTON. PEOPLE STARTED GETTING HERE AT 4:30. IT IS ABOUT 28 DEGREES OUT HERE. GETTING A TEST IS STILL DIFFICULT FOR MANY PEOPLE AS THE CDC FACES ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A PANDEMIC STRIKES: Isolation poses tough challenge for older people

Edward "Ed" Coleman spent a lifetime taking on challenges as he climbed through government jobs from the local to federal level, but he didn't have a plan for how isolation would affect his mental ...
Yahoo

Connected Communities: Reducing the Impact of Isolation in Rural Areas

Apr. 13—(Family Features) Throughout history, humans' ability to rely on one another has been crucial to survival. Despite modern developments that help individuals live with minimal human engagement, ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

Computing graduate inspired to help others after losing grandfather to COVID

Monika Verma has dedicated her capstone project to COVID patients across the world, after the pandemic hit too close to home for her last year. The graduating human-computer interaction master’s ...