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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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The Pulse

How to Live with Uncertainty

We talk with journalist Maggie Jackson about her book “Uncertain: The Wisdom and Wonder of Being Unsure,” and how we go about navigating life while living in a state of doubt.

Air Date: January 12, 2024

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Health Care
Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine to acquire Doylestown Health and its hospital as health system expands in Bucks County

Doylestown Hospital would become Penn Medicine’s seventh hospital facility.

1 year ago

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Crozer Chester Medical Center
Health Care
Medicine
Pennsylvania
Public Health

‘This is terrible for those trainees’: Crozer-Chester Medical Center to end surgical residency program

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education stripped Crozer Health of its certification — dealing another blow to the struggling hospital system.

1 year ago

Listen 0:56
Sisters Adrianna Hecht (l) and Laurenza Giosa moved WellFed to 444 North 4th Street after launching the business from their mom’s kitchen in 2020.
Food & Drink
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

WellFed: the sister-owned service delivering healthy meals across Philly

Delivering healthy meals across Philadelphia, Adrianna Hecht and Laurenza Giosa are planning an expansion for their WellFed brand in 2024.

1 year ago

Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace navigator Leticia Chaw, right, helps gather information for Jennifer Sanchez
Health Care
Insurance
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Pennsylvania extends ACA open enrollment final deadline for Pennie health insurance plans

Pennsylvanians who select health insurance plans this month by the final deadline will get coverage starting on Feb. 1.

1 year ago

MMR — the modern combination vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella — provides stronger, longer-lasting protection against measles than the stand-alone measles vaccine typically given in the U.S. in the early 1960s. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Delaware
Health Care
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Philadelphia measles outbreak reaches 8 confirmed cases as city offers walk-in vaccine clinics

The list of potential exposure locations has grown to include health care sites in Delaware and Montgomery County, Pa.

1 year ago

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Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

Penn Medicine updates masking guidelines due to rise in respiratory viruses

Starting Monday, Penn Medicine says in certain departments like emergency and waiting rooms, everyone two and older is required to wear a mask.

1 year ago

Erica Allen, Executive Director of the Do Care Doula Foundation, engaging with her son in the children's play area. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care
Medicine

New Dover health resource center aims to tackle Delaware’s high Black maternal mortality rate

The state’s Black maternal mortality rate is more than double what it is for white or Hispanic residents. The Do Care Doula Foundation aims to change that.

1 year ago

A woman administers a rapid COVID-19 test.
Health Care
Philadelphia
Public Health

Respiratory illnesses are on the rise. Here’s where Philadelphians can find tests and other support services

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health operates five resource hubs across the city. They offer free COVID-19 tests and other health services.

1 year ago

Listen 1:02
A close-up of measles germs
Health Care
Medicine
Philadelphia
6abc

Philadelphia officials announce more locations of possible measles exposure

The city says the two possible cases were identified after one of the people confirmed to have measles went to a day care, disregarding quarantine and exclusion instructions.

1 year ago

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Behavioral Health
Health Care
Mental Health
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. medical marijuana cards and anxiety: What the research says

If you’re considering using cannabis for anxiety, here are some resources that could be useful.

1 year ago

A physician assistant checks a vacant homeless camp in an attempt to provide medical care.
Health Care
Insurance
Medicine
Philadelphia

On the move: Mobile health teams are taking medicine to the street in Philly

Street medicine teams that provide care for people who are unhoused hope that new Medicaid reimbursements will help them expand operations.

1 year ago

Listen 5:49
Entrance to a hospital building.
Health Care
Philadelphia

Main Line Health brings back masking requirement as local cases of COVID, flu, and RSV rise

The temporary masking requirement will take effect Jan. 4 and be in place for at least the next two weeks as officials monitor local disease data.

1 year ago

Listen 1:03
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Health Care
Medicine
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

New health care laws in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to take effect in 2024

New state laws focus on donated breast milk insurance coverage, patient consent, birth control prescriptions, hospital drug testing, and more.

1 year ago

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Addiction
Behavioral Health
Health Care
Medicine

Penn study finds ‘dramatic rise’ in patients with opioid addiction who leave hospitals early, against medical advice

People with opioid addiction are leaving hospitals against medical advice as often as one in six times, a significant rise over previous years.

1 year ago

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