Alex B. Smith

Alex B. Smith is a health reporter for KCUR-Kansas City/NPR. Smith will study whether efforts in the U.K. to combat social isolation might serve as examples for similar cities, towns and rural areas in the United States.

• Loneliness is killing you (series)

• Safety Net Cuts, Not Just Modern Life, Are Making People Lonely, Critics Say

• Young Urban People Are Lonelier Than Old Rural Folks, And Social Media Doesn’t Help

• The Friendly Midwest Is In A Loneliness Crisis And The British May Have The Solution

• Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden

• How to be less lonely