Since COVID-19 began, intensive care units have been particularly busy because those patients tend to stay longer than most – anywhere from...
While COVID-positive kids aren’t getting as sick as adults, the ripple effects of the pandemic on children and families is still very...
All many people want for Christmas this year is a simple hug, Queen Elizabeth II said in her annual festive message,...
GENEVA — The World Health Organization has an unwelcome but potentially life-saving message for the holiday season: Don’t hug. To stop the...
Alexis Block was worried that the robot she’d built was malfunctioning. She was testing the optimal hug duration for her “HuggieBot 1.0,”...
Hugging has benefits for our health that might make it worth doing despite coronavirus risks – here’s how to reduce the chance...
When will life return to normal? This is the answer of epidemiologists, as embroidered by one of them, Melissa Sharp.Eve Edelheit for...
A Canadian woman was so desperate to hug her mother during quarantine that she created a “hug glove” using a clear tarp...