Hugs with family and friends are expected to be allowed from next week as prime minister Boris Johnson announces further easing of coronavirus restrictions in England. Social distancing rules have ...

Soon after psychologist James Coan suffered a “widowmaker” heart attack at the age of 49, he was lying on a hospital table in cardiogenic shock with a 50-50 chance of survival. “While I was there, ...

Lisa A Williams receives funding from the Australian Research Council (LP140100034). Friends, children, romantic partners, family members – many of us exchange hugs with others on a regular basis. New ...

One day several years ago, I spontaneously hugged a patient of mine, Gretchen. It was during a moment in which her despair and distress were so intense that it seemed cruel on a human level not to ...

A new sheriff in a North Carolina has started hugging inmates at the county jail. Motorcyclists — big men, some with tattoos — committed a "mass hugging" in Charleston, South Carolina. A video of a ...

AS WE MARK National Children’s Day on Saturday, November 1, child-protection advocates are urging families to consider the power of something incredibly simple – a hug. Girls and Boys Town South ...

Fairfield’s dazzling freshman Neftali Alvarez saw it. Really, how could he have missed it? Sydney Johnson. Tyler Nelson. This was the hug seen and felt around the college basketball world. This was ...