In trying to explain America’s rising rates of allergies and asthma, one of the common theories is that we’re just too clean. And that theory just got a boost by scientists studying traditional ...

Amish families go down a road in Lancaster, Pa., one on foot and the other by horse-drawn carriage. The high cost of farmland is driving some Amish people to move to where land is more affordable.

People in Amish country prepare a horse team to work on a farm in Pulaski, Pa., Wednesday, June 23, 2021. In 2023, LNP | LancasterOnline reported on three fatal farm accidents. All of the victims were ...

Despite moving into new industries, Amish entrepreneurs prioritize faith, family, and community over profits. Andrew Troyer ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from ...

So far this year, LNP-LancasterOnline and other media have reported three fatal farm accidents. All of the victims were children or teenagers, and all were buried in Amish cemeteries: Do reports like ...

Old MacStolzfus had a farm — and maybe a cure for asthma. Amish children who’ve grown up exposed to barnyard germs have much lower rates of asthma than kids raised in more sterilized environments, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A horse pulls a wagon with about 10 Amish women and children along Leeds ...

The old-fashioned ways of the Amish are helping researchers make new discoveries about the origins of asthma. By studying the blood, genes and environmental dust of 30 Amish children from traditional ...

Lancaster, Pa., is changing as only about a third of the fast-growing religious group there still farm. Most Amish heads of household work in... As Amish Leave Farming For Other Work, Some Leave Their ...

Over the past couple of years, Strasburg Township's zoning office in Pennsylvania found itself fielding more and more requests from Amish to house horses on residential lots. Most Amish in Lancaster ...

Over the past couple of years, Strasburg Township's zoning office in Pennsylvania found itself fielding more and more requests from Amish people to house horses on residential lots. Most Amish in ...