My friend group works to maintain a support system so rich and tight-knit that we not-so-jokingly refer to ourselves as ...

New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.

The holidays are here, and the Savior comes -- but for many, it will still be a blue Christmas, and possibly new year, too.

Editorial written by the Chicago Tribune Board. At the advent of Facebook in 2004, you had to have a college email address to create an account. Mark Zuckerberg’s creation was a relatively controlled, ...

NEW YORK, NY – What truly defines happiness? Is it a fleeting emotion tied to pleasure and excitement, or something deeper—more enduring? According to the former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, the ...

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WASHINGTON, DC – Even in the face of a mounting gun violence epidemic, particularly among children, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s 2024 advisory declaring gun violence a public health ...

Across the country, small groups are working to rebuild social connection amid rising loneliness in their own modest ways. It sounds ...

Getting a dog increases the likelihood of having a baby by 33%, new research suggests. Adding a cat reduces the probability.