Children who grow up in farming communities have long been known to develop far fewer allergies than their urban peers. A new ...

Pennsylvania’s public schools are not alone in considering banning cellphone use during the school day. Old Order Mennonites want Amish children to stop bringing their cellphones to a combination ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Milk from Old Order Mennonite mothers contained higher levels of antibodies against allergens compared with that ...

Atopic diseases, which include eczema, allergic rhinitis, asthma, and food allergy, are closely linked to allergies against airborne particles, such as pollen, dust ...

NEW HOLLAND, Pa. (AP) — For the first time in weeks, kids played in the church cemetery. Nearby, a group of men in their 20s reflected on what it meant to gather again during the pandemic. “Human ...

As a young Catholic coming of age in Eagle Creek, Oregon, during the late 1960s and early 1970s, Bill Idlewine took German classes and spent some time reading the Martin Luther translation of the ...

OSAGE — Attorneys on Friday argued whether Mitchell County’s ordinance barring steel wheels on its hard-surfaced roads represents an unfair burden on Old Order Mennonites. Colin Murphy defended ...

The breast milk of mothers in a Mennonite community was shown to have higher concentrations of antibodies, suggesting that children in traditional farming communities may acquire better protection ...

MARTINDALE, Pa. -- In this bucolic corner of Lancaster County, Allen Hoover can use some modern conveniences approved by his church to help make his machine shop run smoothly: a telephone, a word ...

MARTINDALE, Pa. - In this bucolic corner of Lancaster County, Allen Hoover can use some modern conveniences approved by his church to help make his machine shop run smoothly: a telephone, a word ...