This past month in our Happiness Project, our fourth- and fifth-grade class at Love Elementary focused on something extremely important for happiness—social connections. After learning about kindness, ...

Friends tend to share common interests, tastes, lifestyles, and other traits, but a new Yale-led study demonstrates that similarities among buddies can also include the makeup of the microbes lining ...

HOUSTON — Social health is an often-overlooked component of overall wellness, but medical experts say spending time with others is just as important as physical and mental health care. Dr. Andrea ...

Friendships, community ties and family bonds may apply the brakes to natural cell aging, providing a simple way to invest in health in older age. In a massive new study, scientists have found that ...

In today’s increasingly digital world, where people can go days without meaningful in-person interaction, the importance of social connections often gets overlooked. Yet, these human bonds do more ...

The human being is a “social animal,” as Aristotle suggested. We have a fundamental need to belong. Yet we are living in a time when the U.S. Surgeon General has warned about an epidemic of loneliness ...

In 2023, a report from the United States Office of the Surgeon General outlined an epidemic of loneliness and social isolation in America (Office of the Surgeon General, 2023). Among the report’s ...

Summertime often triggers nostalgic memories, such as a long-ago cross-country family vacation or songs sung at a summer camp from one's youth. When these memories spring to mind, they can overwhelm ...

Camp Social founder Liv Schreiber addresses attendees at a weekend gathering in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains. She launched the women’s sleepaway camp in 2023 to create space for strangers to foster ...