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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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People have lunch inside a local restaurant on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Health

Philly bars are back: City allows bar seating to reopen as COVID cases decline

The relaxed regulation allows bars to allow patrons back in limited numbers and with barriers between drinkers and bartenders.

5 years ago

In this March 3, 2021, file photo, U.S. Army medic Kristen Rogers, of Waxhaw, N.C., holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in North Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Health

US health panel urges restarting J&J COVID-19 vaccinations

A U.S. health panel says it’s time to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots.

5 years ago

Illustration of beakers and laboratory science equipment with question marks
The Pulse
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What We Believe

“Trust the science!” It’s a phrase we’ve heard a lot during the pandemic. It’s come to mean things like “wear masks” or ...

Air Date: April 23, 2021

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For years, sufferers of EHS have maintained that the electromagnetic fields around us are dangerous. A handful of scientists agree. (Sangoiri/ Big Stock Photo)
The Pulse
Health

Science vs science: The contradictory fight over whether electromagnetic hypersensitivity is real

For years, sufferers of EHS have maintained that the electromagnetic fields around us are dangerous. A handful of scientists agree.

5 years ago

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Charter School of Wilmington students march following an Earth Day rally in support of a Green Amendment to Delaware's Constitution.
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‘Green Amendment’ designed to bake environmental protections into Delaware Constitution

Delaware’s Green Amendment would create a Constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment.

5 years ago

Overdose fatalities overall rose in Philadelphia during the pandemic, but not among the city's white population
Health
Billy Penn

During the pandemic, fatal overdoses spiked for Black and Latino Philadelphians

Nearly three dozen departments will work together to combat the rise, which happened in totally new areas of the city.

5 years ago

Passengers wearing protective gear arrive to board their plane
NPR
Health

U.S. issues more than 115 ‘Do Not Travel’ advisories, citing risks from COVID-19

Just a week ago, only 33 countries were on the U.S. Do Not Travel list. New additions include Canada, Mexico, Germany, the U.K., and dozens of other countries.

5 years ago

Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Penn, Drexel to require student vaccinations this fall; weekend mass vaccine clinics

Mass vaccination clinics this weekend aim to get jabs into thousands more arms. And Penn joins the growing list of universities requiring students to be vaccinated this fall.

5 years ago

A person receives the COVID-19 vaccine while sitting at a large table
Health
Spotlight PA

Workers in Pa. prisons, COVID-19 hotspots, aren’t getting vaccinated. Here’s why that’s dangerous

Approximately one-fifth of prison staffers have reported being vaccinated, far less than the roughly half of those incarcerated in Pennsylvania facilities.

5 years ago

Registered Nurse Rita Alba points out to Beltran Orlando the return date on his vaccination card
Health

Debate over ‘vaccine passports’ comes to New Jersey

A South Jersey lawmaker wants to ban the state from requiring “vaccine passports,” even though proof of vaccination is standard for schools and some jobs.

5 years ago

Keidy Ventura receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Gov. Murphy believes people will trust J&J vaccine again

Despite public setbacks for the Johnson & Johnson one-dose vaccine, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy believes that people will ‘have faith’ in how safe the vaccine is.

5 years ago

Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Commissioners. (Zoom)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Vaccines rolling out in Montgomery County, but long road ahead

Montgomery County officials reminded residents to stay safe. While vaccines are being administered, COVID-19 has not reached herd immunity.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden holds a mask in his hand as he speaks from a podium
Health

White House offers new tax credit to help spur vaccinations

With more than 50% of adults at least partially vaccinated and roughly 28 million vaccine doses being delivered each week, demand has eclipsed supply.

5 years ago

The new wellness center in Yeadon will eventually be the 'hub' of Delaware County's future health department. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Health

Meet the board members who will take Delco to its health department goal line

The panel convenes May 6, with a busy future ahead: The hope is to have the county’s first health department up and running by January.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Health

Del. coronavirus update: Carney hopes J&J vaccine gets the greenlight as cases rise

Gov. John Carney said the CDC could restart use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after talking with White House officials earlier today.

5 years ago

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