Strong friendships can do much more than improve your mood.

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 ...

There are people we feel we run into "all the time." It's easy to think about the places we see them, the kinds of conversations we have, and the times we're most likely to bump into them. These ...

Recently, the World Health Organization launched a flagship report declaring social connections a global public health priority. This is a monumental step in elevating the importance of social ...