Letters to the Editor | Jan. 7, 2026
True intention Why doesn’t Donald Trump direct his boat strike/invasion show toward Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru, where most of the cocaine is manufactured, or China and Mexico, where the majority…
Between Grok, Trump, and RFK Jr. it’s a dangerous time to be a child in America
It is a terrible time to be a child in America. From removing protections from newly resurgent communicable diseases to investing good money after bad into industries that will make…
A third person has died following the fire at a Bucks County nursing home
A third person has died following the fire at a Bucks County nursing home that claimed the lives of two other people and injured 20 others days before Christmas. Bristol…
Penn researchers gamified walking to boost heart health, and won a $25 million grant
University of Pennsylvania researchers recently won a $25 million grant to see if they can fight heart disease with a game that promotes a healthy behavior — walking. The intervention…
RFK Jr. is upending U.S. vaccine policy. A Philly expert says child hospitalizations and deaths will rise as a result
Sweeping changes to the United States’ childhood vaccine schedule announced Monday by federal officials will decrease the number of recommended childhood immunizations from 17 to 11. Outraged pediatricians and infectious…
Pa. has a human trafficking problem. That’s why Because exists.
Earlier this year, a statewide task force arrested more than a dozen men in a Central Pennsylvania sting operation targeting human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of minors. The headlines…
Nurses should be supported, not undercut and disparaged
The more than four million registered nurses practicing in the United States and the patients and families who relied on their care found themselves unexpectedly challenged by the federal government…
It’s a Mummers wedding! Braving the cold and crowds, a couple said ‘I do’ at the parade
The bride wore a sequin silk gown with golden sneakers. The groom, a bedazzled tux. They became husband and wife in the bitter cold of Market Street — in the…
Aprox 20,000 nurses poised to strike at hospitals across NYC when the NYE ball drops
Some 20,000 nurses representing 12 hospitals at 13 locations spread across all five boroughs are preparing to ring in the new year with a general strike that could last for…
Days after Bristol nursing home explosion, residents are left in unfamiliar new locations without clothes, possessions, and medications
First, Danielle Delange saw the news alert: Bristol Health & Rehab, the nursing home where her mother lived, was on fire. Within minutes, Delange got a phone call from an…