Chloe Nouvelle | Lehigh Valley News

A recent research paper published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that deadly drug overdose rates in American adolescents nearly doubled from 2019 to 2020, and the study’s authors appear to link the rise in fatalities to the contamination of the illicit drug supply.

The wait time to access a specialist who can diagnose a child with autism in the U.S. can be anywhere between two and 18 months, experts say.

Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Pennsylvania according to a report published by the state’s Department of Health in 2019.

Fertilizer is costing Pennsylvania’s farmers more. A lot more. And even if farmers can afford the price increases, it’s not always clear that they’ll get the fertilizer they need, when they need it.

Allentown has a growing and diverse population — 54 percent of residents identify as Hispanic, according to the 2020 Census.

U.S. farmers have reported seeing fertilizer prices rise as much as 300% over the last several months, according to a report from the American Farm Bureau Federation published in December.