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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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A woman walks past a boarded up business, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in East Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Economy
National

Rising US job losses stir fears of lasting economic damage

Despite a few glimmers of hope, most of the economic news was likewise grim, as some of the world's most populous countries reported rising infections and deaths.

6 years ago

A syringe with an influenza vaccine inside heads to its mark during a flu vaccination at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (LM Otero/AP Photo)
Health Care
Medicine

Is now the time to go for an annual physical exam or health screening?

Doctors and hospitals are open again for routine yet important care like vaccines and mammograms. Some patients are still unsure if they should go.

6 years ago

Listen 1:40
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an abortion pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Va. Under federal law, even in states where telemedicine abortion is legal, there are strict rules surrounding how the pill is dispensed. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
Public Health
Sex & Relationships

More patients seek abortion pills online during pandemic, but face restrictions

Under federal law, even in states where telemedicine abortion is legal, there are strict regulations surrounding how mifepristone is dispensed.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley walks among cars lined up for coronavirus testing at Citizens Bank Park, pausing to speak with the occupants of each car. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Philadelphia
Public Health

How Philly’s Health Dept. adapted to deal with COVID-19

Now that the city has moved past the initial surge of the coronavirus pandemic, how has Philly's Health Dept. done at keeping the number of cases down?

Air Date: May 28, 2020

Listen 14:33
The front line of defense against COVID-19 in Chester County
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. businesses push for protection from consumer lawsuits

Leaders from Pennsylvania’s business, manufacturing, and health care industries are calling on the state to broaden liability protections to companies during the pandemic.

6 years ago

Senior class members and spectators, most of them wearing masks, attend the graduation ceremony of Spain Park High School in Hoover, Ala., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Health officials say usual graduation ceremonies could endanger the public health by promoting the spread of disease. But school officials say they're using social distancing guidelines and abiding by state health rules. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. releases guidance on school graduations

Earlier this week the governor said schools could hold in-person graduations starting in July, but now released the rules for doing so.

6 years ago

University of Delaware campus
Delaware
Higher Education
Public Health

Coronavirus update: University of Delaware plans online graduation celebration

It’s not a replacement for graduation, but UDel grads will be honored Saturday with an online video presentation called Blue Hen Celebration.

6 years ago

A volunteer artist sets up a memorial in Brooklyn on May 20. Artists and volunteer organizers across New York City put up physical memorials throughout the five boroughs in connection with Naming the Lost to honor the lives lost to COVID-19. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

‘We all feel at risk’: 100,000 people dead from COVID-19 in the U.S.

Public health experts say the coronavirus has exposed the vulnerability of a wide range of Americans and the shortcomings of a U.S. health care system faced with a deadly pand

6 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks past a shuttered business in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Gov. Wolf announces guidance for reopening businesses 

Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday details of his economic reopening plan for counties in the green and yellow phases.

6 years ago

Willie Johnson, right, a resident of senior housing, gets tested for COVID-19 in Paterson, N.J., Friday, May 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey
Public Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. military, overseas ballots delayed; testing hits 20,000 goal

Software issues have delayed the mailing of military and overseas ballots for the July 7 primary.

6 years ago

Delaware State Representatives met for the first time in history via a virtual session on Tuesday. (courtesy House Democratic Caucus)
Delaware
Public Health

Coronavirus update: State lawmakers launch virtual session

State Reps voted 39-2 to approve holding their legislative session virtually. The Senate is expected to follow suit today.

6 years ago

Protesters demonstrate at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, April 20, 2020, demanding that Gov. Tom Wolf reopen Pennsylvania's economy even as new social-distancing mandates took effect at stores and other commercial buildings. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Public Health

Protests, masks and public health: where do my rights end and yours begin?

A medical ethicist asks if anti-lockdown protesters "have a moral duty to forgo medical care in favor of those who follow the rules?"

Air Date: May 27, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping
NPR
International
Politics
Public Health

In the battle against COVID-19, a risk of ‘vaccine nationalism’

The race to defeat the coronavirus is generating competition among nations and multinational companies that's being described as "vaccine nationalism."

6 years ago

Memorial Day weekend at Robert Moses State Park on Fire Island, N.Y.
NPR
Health Care
National
Public Health

Nearing 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, U.S. is still ‘early in this outbreak’

"The speed with which this has happened is really devastating," says Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Global Health Institute.

6 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford administers a COVID-19 swab test on Wade Jeffries in the parking lot of Pinn Memorial Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Stanford and other doctors formed the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to offer testing and help address heath disparities in the African American community. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Neighborhoods
Public Health
Broke in Philly

North Philly’s Stanton community health center now offers COVID-19 testing

“This is a testament to our drive to get more testing in underserved communities,” Mayor Jim Kenney said at Tuesday’s opening.

6 years ago

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