The changes to the helpline functions were announced as part of an effort to cut Social Security fraud, which has become a particular target of Elon Musk, one of the world's richest men.

Enough was said unthinkingly about Mrs. Bradley Martin and her waste of money on a ball, but the people who criticise these social functions, "admittedly nothing in themselves," seem to forget ...

For humans, laughter has expanded from its original function as a play signal to serve a variety of social functions. Amused laughter is a response to what scholars of humor call a “benign ...

Despite its often negative reputation, research suggests gossip serves important evolutionary and social functions that have shaped human society for millennia. Understanding the complex nature of ...

While identifying pathways to adequately fund social care is critical to achieving ... social needs—which centralize administrative functions and operational infrastructure.

The defined set of risks and needs within social protection can be classified in eight functions according to the European System of Integrated Social PROtection Statistics (ESSPROS). In addition, ...

Furthermore, the team found significant associations between social isolation and lower executive functions (processes that enable individuals to organize and adapt their behaviors to achieve ...