,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #cfj  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,may #e1 #bjbc,mr4    
,flood submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i*
 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &   
,comm]ce  ,,resolution  ,recogniz+ !    
role ( lonel9ess & isolation 9 public   
heal?4  ,:]eas ! ,unit$ ,/ates faces    
increas+ rates ( lonel9ess & isolation1 
impact+ ! g5]al population's m5tal heal?
 & well-be+ = citiz5s ( all ages2 ,:]eas
 ! #bjai ,cigna ,u4,s4 ,lonel9ess ,index
 data reports #fa p]c5t ( ,unit$ ,/ates 
adults are consid]$ lonely1 a rise f #ed
 p]c5t 9 #bjah2 ,:]eas ! #bjah ,cigna   
,u4,s4 ,lonel9ess ,index data reports   
#da p]c5t ( adults age #ff & old] report
 feel+ lonely1 & #gi p]c5t ( adults age 
#ah to #bd report feel+ lonely2 ,:]eas !
 ,national ,academies ( ,sci5ces1       
,eng9e]+1 & ,m$ic9e reports lonel9ess & 
isolation 9 old] adults are /rongly     
associat$ ) great] incid5ces (          
morbidity1 cognitive decl9e1 depression1
 anxiety1 a decreas$ quality ( life1 &  

an increas$ risk ( e>ly dea? f all      
causes2 ,:]eas 9 an ef=t to combat      
lonel9ess & isolation1 ! ,national      
,academies ( ,sci5ces1 ,eng9e]+1 &      
,m$ic9e recomm5ds rais+ aw>5ess ( !     
issue & cont9u+ rese>* into lonel9ess2  
,:]eas ! ,surgeon ,g5]al1 ,vivek ,mur?y1
 decl>$ an epidemic ( lonel9ess &       
isolation on ,may #b1 #bjbc2 & ,:]eas ! 
,surgeon ,g5]al releas$ an advisory on !
 impacts ( lonel9ess & isolation on     
public heal? outcomes 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates3
 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se (          
,repres5tatives--  7#a7 recognizes      
,am]icans1 ( all ages1 report feel+s (  
lonel9ess or isolation2  7#b7 recognizes
 ! impact ( lonel9ess & isolation on    
"o's heal? & well-be+2  7#c7 promotes ! 
aw>5ess ( lonel9ess & isolation & its   
impacts2 &  7#d7 supports cont9u$ rese>*
 into ef=ts = combat+ lonel9ess &       
isolation4