The Spark

About 10 million Americans suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. They often become depressed, experience mood changes or don’t have a lot of energy when the days get shorter in the late fall and winter. Less exposure to light is what causes SAD.

Kevin King, executive Director of Mennonite Disaster Services talks about their relief efforts for tornado victims.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on everyone, but especially on vulnerable children. The Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children annual State of Child Welfare Report showed declines in the number of child abuse or neglect reports and childre...

There’s nothing like a frosty beverage to get a party started. Cocktail and “mocktail” flavor combinations can reflect the season and elevate any gathering. Steve Wood is the beverage and hospitality manager for Willow Valley Communities and a national...

Seven years ago, a group of school districts, parents and advocates sued Pennsylvania over how it funds public schools. The case centers on wide spending gaps among the state’s poorest and wealthiest school districts.

For many consumers, the words “supply chain” were probably not top of mind, until the pandemic hit in March 2020 – starting with toilet paper shortages, and spiraling to everything from computer chips, to used cars.

Are African-American children or kids who aren’t proficient at speaking English over-represented ina special education programs? Penn State Professor of Education & Demography and Director of Center for Educational Disparities Research Paul Morgan does...

Victims can be any age, race, gender, or nationality and because the problem is so prevalent it can often occur in plain sight. The central Pennsylvania area is especially vulnerable to human trafficking because of the interstate highway system crossin...

Otto Warburg is probably one of the most important scientists of the 20th century and one those outside of cancer research have never heard of. His discovery of how cancer cells devour glucose or blood sugar at a rate of 10 times that of healthy cells ...

Saying that 75 percent of all newly emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic – meaning passed from animals to humans – the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has established an Institute for Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases.