{
  "id": 7364073,
  "title": "Social isolation in Australia has nearly doubled over two decades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/social-isolation-in-australia-has-nearly-doubled-over-two-decades",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-14T17:20:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-social-isolation-australia-decades.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Australians are becoming increasingly lonely and socially isolated, according to new University of Sydney research that found rates of social isolation nearly doubled over the past 23 years. Loneliness rates also increased over time, though more gradually than social isolation, with the sharpest impacts observed among vulnerable populations.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}