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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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Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly scouting potential quarantine sites for city’s homeless population

With multiple Philadelphians testing positive for COVID-19, the city’s Office of Homeless Services has drafted a plan to prevent an outbreak among people living on the street.

5 years ago

Wearing a surgical mask, Melissa Hall checks out of a Wegmans supermarket, Friday, March 13, 2020 in King of Prussia, Pa. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Wolf orders restaurants, bars to end dine-in service in 5 counties

Restaurants and bars in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Allegheny counties must end dine-in services after midnight Sunday for 14 days.

5 years ago

The U.S. Strategic National Stockpile was started in 1999 to prepare for certain threats to national security. It includes about $8 billion worth of vaccines, medicine, protective gear, ventilators and other kinds of medical equipment. (Strategic National Stockpile/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
NPR
Public Health

Why even a huge medical stockpile will be of limited use against COVID-19

The United States government maintains an enormous stockpile of emergency medical supplies, and officials have already started dipping into it to help fight coronavirus.

5 years ago

When an infected person touches a surface, like a door handle, there's a risk they leave viruses stuck there that can live on for two to three days. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health

The new coronavirus can live on surfaces for 2-3 days — Here’s how to clean them

How long can the new coronavirus live on a surface, like say, a door handle, after someone infected touches it with dirty fingers?

5 years ago

Many of us are burrowing in for a few weeks of social distancing as the virus amps up anxiety levels everywhere. Shopping helps, an expert says. (ShutterStock)
Behavioral Health
Public Health

In anxious times, stocking up on stuff is just a natural human response

Many of us are burrowing in for a few weeks of social distancing as the virus amps up anxiety levels everywhere. Shopping helps, an expert says.

5 years ago

A nurse with ChristianaCare gives a free test for the coronavirus to a driver in Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Public Health

Coronavirus update: Gov. Wolf announces Bucks, Chester shutdowns; N.J. has second COVID-19 death

The weekend saw school closures and cancellations sweep across the region as the number of COVID-19 cases rose in all three states.

5 years ago

(Billy Penn)
Music
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

9 Philly songs to help you cope with the COVID outbreak

From handwashing to social distancing, local musicians offer wisdom for our current moment.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley answers questions at the city's daily coronavirus briefing at the Fire Administration Building on Friday, March 13, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Positive COVID-19 cases in Philly climb to 3, with 62 more tests pending

Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said testing more people is not necessarily a sign that more people are feeling sick.

5 years ago

Water runs from a tap.  (WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Business
Public Health
Broke in Philly

Coronavirus prompts PECO and other utility providers to suspend shut-offs

A number of utility providers servicing Philadelphia are suspending shut-offs in the face of the growing coronavirus outbreak.

5 years ago

Tony Yoon fishes at Meadow Lake in FDR Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Public Health
Public Spaces

Public health experts: Parks are a safer bet in the age of coronavirus

Big parks are great for social distancing and to reduce stress and anxiety produced by the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Nurses stand at a COVID testing area
Public Health
Public Safety

Coronavirus updates: N.J. school closures ‘inevitable’ as all Pa., Del. schools close for 2 weeks

Gov. Wolf’s decision came during a frenzied afternoon in which counties and districts across the Philadelphia region announced an intent to shutter schools.

5 years ago

Anna Lee Lavarnway looks at the leaderboard during the first round at the Masters golf tournament Thursday, April 5, 2018, in Augusta, Ga. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
National
Sports

No rite of spring for golf: Masters postponed due to virus

So much for that annual rite of spring and the first week in April devoted to the brilliance of dogwoods and azaleas, and Tiger Woods chasing another green jacket.

5 years ago

Nurses with ChristianaCare test people for the coronavirus in downtown Wilmington on March 13, 2020. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

Drive-through coronavirus screening tests 536 ‘symptomatic’ people in Wilmington

Delaware’s largest health system provided free tests to people who have COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, cough or shortness of breath.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine. (Commonwealth Media Services)
Government Accountability
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania’s health department is keeping coronavirus details from local officials

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine said Wednesday counties with local departments “have complete control” about what information they release.

5 years ago

A ’55 Bel Air is one of the first things you see at Town Square, an adult day care center in Baltimore, that’s designed like the 1950s to bring out old memories as a form of reminiscence therapy. (Lecia Bushak/For WHYY)
The Pulse
Aging
Biology

Recalling the past, in hopes of triggering better life in the present 

Reminiscence therapy helps jog a sense of the former self, for those who’ve lost parts of who they are today.

5 years ago

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