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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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Delaware Gov. John Carney and Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall Long announce a three-year action plan to combat addiction and address mental health issues. (WHYY/Paul Parmalee)
Health

Delaware readies coordinated effort to fight addiction, improve mental health care

Gov. Carney: “We know there’s a huge cost. There’s no price you can put on the loss of a loved one. And that motivation needs to be with us as we implement this action plan.”

7 years ago

A video shows the text underneath two taped off pages from Anne Frank's diary during a press conference at The Anne Frank Foundation's office in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Left standing is the foundation's director Ronald Leopold. (Peter Dejong/AP Photo)
Science

Dutch researchers uncover dirty jokes in Anne Frank’s diary

Experts on Anne's diary said the newly discovered text reveals more about her development as a writer than it does about her interest in sex.

7 years ago

In this April 14, 2016, file photo, a son, (at right), holds his mother's hand at her nursing home in Michigan. Most young adults haven’t given much thought to their own needs as they get older, but a significant number are already providing long-term care for older loved ones, according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.   (Carlos Osorio/AP Photo, File)
Health

Poll: Young adults feel stress of long-term care

According to the poll, a third of American adults under age 40 have already provided care for an older relative or friend.

7 years ago

Police patrol car with flashing lights and siren on
Health

Delaware program pairs counselors, cops to help suspects with mental illness

The program is funded by a $73,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Health

Intimate partner violence

Guests: Susan Higginbothem, Tony Lapp, Azucena Ugarte The disturbing abuse allegations by four women against New ...

Air Date: May 14, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Dave Delloso, Molly Sheehan, and Mary Gay Scanlon attend a forum on the opioid crisis.
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Scientists experiment with congressional candidacy in Pennsylvania, around U.S.

More than 50 scientists are running for federal office this year. Right now, the vast majority of people in Congress have backgrounds in law, business, or politics.

7 years ago

Listen 3:59
In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 photo, a 19-year-old transgender teen, who declined to be identified because she feared for her life after receiving death threats this summer at a halfway house, poses for a photo. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
WITF
Health

Study: Teen depression rates soared in recent years

Rates of major depression are up 63 percent among teens, and are up nearly 50 percent among young adults.

7 years ago

Dr. Paul Marik (left) discusses patient care with medical students and resident physicians during morning rounds at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in 2014 in Norfolk, Va. (Jay Westcott for The Washington Post/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Can a cocktail of vitamins and steroids cure a major killer in hospitals?

Scientists have launched two large studies to test a treatment that could have an enormous impact on the leading cause of death in American hospitals — sepsis.

7 years ago

An osprey prepares to land on a natural nest in the Barnegat Bay. (Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey)
Down the Shore
Science

17-year-old osprey, one of N.J.’s oldest, still mates, raises young

One of the oldest living ospreys ever recorded in New Jersey returned to his bayside home to nest and roost.

7 years ago

Residue from tobacco smoke can end up in indoor air even in nonsmoking spaces. (Prawitr Sae Wa Ni/EyeEm/Getty Images)
NPR
Science

Tobacco smoke residue can become airborne again indoors

Drexel researchers suggest that after becoming gaseous again, smoke residue compounds can attach themselves to tiny air particles that come inside through an HVAC system.

7 years ago

Oak tree pollen (Emma Lee/WHYY News)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

It’s been an unusually bad allergy season. Here’s why it may be getting worse

It's been an unusually bad season for allergy sufferers. There is more pollen in the air than normal for this time of year, and it may not get much better anytime soon.

7 years ago

Listen 5:37
A man in a red shirt holds a lit cigarette in his right hand
Health

Drexel study: Tobacco smoke residue can become airborne again indoors

You might be breathing chemical residue from tobacco smoke in indoor spaces where no one has smoked for years.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, left, listens to state Rep. Jordan Harris (D-Phila.) during a news conference Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in Philadelphia. Wolf announced a $1.5 million grant program aimed at reducing gun violence around the state. Wolf unveiled the Gun Violence Reduction Initiative Tuesday and Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is accepting applications for the grants and will start awarding them in early July. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Health

Wolf, Pa. Legislative Black Caucus pledge to reduce gun violence

The new effort offers $1.5 million for distribution to community groups around the state working to prevent or respond to gun violence.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Health

Dr. Henry Anonymous, homosexuality, and the DSM

Guests: Ain Gordon, Lance Wahlert At the 1972 American Psychiatric Association (APA) Annual Conference, Philadelp ...

Air Date: May 8, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:47
pharmacy
Speak Easy
Health

Pharmacies, prescription providers dangerously clueless about naloxone policies

On a recent Thursday morning, I walked into a North Philly Rite Aid on what should have been an easy mission: I needed Narcan.

7 years ago

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