Apr 10, 2025
Stress Is Contagious. Here’s How Not to Catch It.
The Washington Post
“We tend to favor the negative aspects of news,” said Natalia Duque-Wilckens, an assistant professor of biological sciences at North Carolina State University, so that is what we share with others. “And that’s a huge stress contagion that happens because we’re social, and we care about what’s happening to other humans as well.”