A bill by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy would create a national strategy to battle loneliness and provide $5 million in funding to better understand the epidemic.
One of the biggest emerging threats is chronic loneliness - a feeling of isolation coupled with a lack of meaningful relationships that affects 3.83 million people in the UK, ONS figures show.
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