The near-fatal injury sustained on the football field by McKees Rock native Damar Hamlin raises questions again about the safety of football.

Steps need to be taken the lower the recidivism rate.

COVID-19’s dominance over health and medical news for nearly three years has, understandably, relegated other ailments and diseases to the background, although TV commercials and other advertising geared toward certain products and medicines have rightly continued to attract people afflicted with whatever the ailment, disease or condition those items purportedly treat.

Pediatric wards and emergency rooms have been slammed with sick children in recent weeks. Simple things, like being up to date with vaccination, can help make the situation less severe.

Pennsylvania’s rifle deer-hunting season, an annual rite of late fall, is underway.

The number of homeless veterans has decreased markedly over the last decade, which is a marker of real progress.

Public notices belong in print newspapers.

Maternal health "deserts," where obstetric care can be hard to find, are a problem in Pennsylvania and across the country.

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Expanding broadband into rural communities will help their economic prospects.

There's still work to be done to combat COVID-19.

Corporal punishment has been fading away in the United States, but it has come back into the headlines after a school district in Missouri announced it was bringing back the practice.

Newspapers and reporters have had a rough few years, as they've been lumped in with those in "newsertainment," who led too many to become distrustful of the community-focused work our journalists practice each day.

We need to uphold the right to free speech, even if we dislike it.