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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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Science
NJ Spotlight

Creeping salt water forces Cape May City to consider more desalination

Shallow private wells near Shore are under special threat as seas rise.

5 years ago

In San Francisco, a poster seen in March urges the public to socially distance in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
NPR
Health

Health experts urge a shutdown do-over as COVID-19 cases surge

A campaign led by doctors, health researchers and other health experts calls to shut down parts of the country again in order to get the pandemic under control.

5 years ago

Delaware State University
Health

Delaware State University mandates COVID-19 testing for all students, faculty and staff

Testing for America, a new nonprofit will help Delaware State University with the frequent testing of up to 3,000 of its students, staff and faculty.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles offensive tackle Lane Johnson warms up at the NFL football team's practice facility in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health
NBC10

Philadelphia Eagles player Lane Johnson tests positive for COVID-19

The team made the announcement Wednesday afternoon. Johnson, Nathan Gerry and Jordan Mailata were all placed on the team’s Reserve/COVID-19 list.

5 years ago

Citizens Bank Park
Health

Phillies visiting clubhouse staffer tests positive for COVID-19

The Phillies’ four-game, home-and-home series against the New York Yankees was postponed this week following a coronavirus outbreak among the Miami Marlins.

5 years ago

Coronavirus testing
Health

Misinformation on the coronavirus is proving highly contagious

Experts say the flood of bad information is dangerously undermining efforts to slow the virus, which has been blamed for about 150,000 deaths in the U.S.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper, left, and J.T. Realmuto, right look on from the dugout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Philadelphia. The Marlins won 11-6. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Health
Billy Penn

How worried should Philly be about the Marlins’ coronavirus outbreak?

The MLB’s latest COVID quandary has become a local issue.

5 years ago

Blood plasma
NPR
Health

Harvested antibodies now being tested as a prevention tool against COVID-19

These studies are among a growing number of experiments involving convalescent plasma, both as preventive measures and as treatments for COVID-19.

5 years ago

A train moves along the Market-Frankford Line. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Health
Eyes on the Street

4 ways SEPTA can reduce COVID-19 risks on transit

COVID-19 has hurt SEPTA immensely. Now is the time to make changes to protect riders and employees while strengthening the system for the future.

5 years ago

Michelle Elbin (left) and Dave Evasew, owners of the Upper Merion Dance and Gymnastics Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Pa. business owners to Wolf: Please police mask requirement so we don’t have to

Some business owners are calling on state officials to step in and enforce their own rules.

5 years ago

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The Phillies held their season opener against the Miami Marlins on July 24, 2020.  Because of the COVID-19 pandemic all Major League Baseball games will be played without fans.  In honor of the Black Lives Matter and in the memory of George Floyd players on both teams held a symbolic black ribbon for social justice and unity before the game.
Health

Yankees-Phillies series postponed amid virus worries

More than a dozen Marlins players and staff members tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak that stranded the team in Philadelphia on Sunday.

5 years ago

Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium
Health

Black Doctors Consortium calls on Philly hospitals to offer rapid community testing

Hospitals can turn COVID-19 tests results around in hours. The Black Doctors Consortium says that should be offered to communities most affected by the virus.

5 years ago

Phillies at Citizens Bank Park
Health
NBC10

Baseball’s COVID-19 nightmare expands: Another Phillies game postponed

The Phillies' last opponent, the Miami Marlins, has had an outbreak of coronavirus; as many as 15 players and staff have tested positive, reports say.

5 years ago

People wait in line outside of a COVID-19 testing site in Florida.
NPR
Health

Pandemic is overwhelming US public health capacity in many states. What now?

With COVID-19 spreading out of control in parts of the U.S., some experts say the strategy of testing and tracing can’t contain the pandemic until lockdowns bring cases down.

5 years ago

Registered Nurse Kath Olmstead gives volunteer trial participant Melissa Harting of Harpersville, N.Y., a blinded study experimental vaccine for COVID-19 developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. at the United Health Services facility, Monday, July 27, 2020, in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink
Health

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test

Final-stage testing of the vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., began with volunteers at numerous sites around the U.S.

5 years ago

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