Parents have been coughing up lots of questions about whether or not their child who has had a cough and fever for several days could be experiencing a walking or mild pneumonia. Let me see if I can walk you through some information on this topic. A pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. ...

If you talk to anyone who grew up here in the ‘50s and ‘60s, there are two things they’ll all agree on. One is we had great childhoods, though maybe not in material terms. Salaries were hardly sultanic and we didn’t have all the bling and options of city and suburban kids. For ...

A student once asked the anthropologist Margaret Mead what she thought was the first evidence of civilization. Rather than say something about hunting tools, or cultural artifacts, or weapons, Mead answered that the first sign of civilization was a 15,000-year-old fractured femur that was found ...

As the locals know, the Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected state park, at six million acres. Because it is so large and widely protected, taking care of it is very important for wildlife, the environment and local communities within it. The small town of Saranac Lake is in ...

“Amazing breakthrough in breeding! World record holder! Developed in secrecy, the first Super Chicken is now public.” My older sibling read the headlines aloud before showing me the photo. “This bird has 70% more thigh and breast meat and will revolutionize the food ...