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Social distancing This term refers to public health measures that keep people at safe distances from one another in order to slow the spread of disease. Early in the pandemic, social...

On Monday, the White House announced new guidelines for the next two weeks, urging Americans to avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people; to avoid discretionary travel, shopping trips, or...

“Social distancing is a complicated way of saying stay away from people, and the microbial residue that people might have accidentally left behind,” said Malia Jones, a social epidemiologist ...

Giani Clarke, 18, a senior at Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pa., takes a test in her AP statistics class earlier this month. The desks are doubled as a way to provide more social distancing.

One phrase in particular caught her eye: “social distancing.” So, as the world has been trying to figure out how to live life in a “socially distant” way, Scherlis has become an expert on the...

Social distancing refers to a public-health protection measure meant to reduce and slow transmission of disease. Currently, social distancing is neither required nor enforced in the United States, though sick people are expected to self-quarantine and seek medical help. (It is not yet clear how people without paid sick leave will be able to do so.)

That sort of "social distancing" is considered essential to slowing the spread of the virus and easing the burden on the beleaguered health infrastructure. But for those suffering from...

The statement also stated that “the value of social distancing in limiting COVID-19 transmission by respiratory jets is made clear in the last section of our paper, Beyond the well-mixed room.”