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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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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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This May 13, 2015, file photo shows the contents of a drug overdose rescue kit at a training session on how to administer naloxone. (Carolyn Thompson/AP Photo, File)
Health

‘Goliath of a problem’: Delaware overdose deaths skyrocketing even as state reaps millions from opioid settlements

Last year, 515 Delawareans died of overdoses. “It's really disheartening when you see people doing lots of work,” one victim’s father says.

3 years ago

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In this photo illustration, a Narcan nasal overdose kit is displayed as part of the Brooklyn Community Recovery Center's demonstration on how to use Narcan to revive a person in the case of a drug overdose on Sept. 1, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Health

A major drugmaker plans to sell overdose-reversal nasal spray Narcan over the counter

Drug maker Emergent BioSolutions is seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration to sell Narcan over the counter, without need for a prescription.

3 years ago

The multi-billion dollar National Ignition Facility has used 192 laser beams to create net energy from a tiny pellet of nuclear fuel. (Damien Jemison/LLNL/NNSA)
NPR
Science

U.S. reaches a fusion power milestone. Will it be enough to save the planet?

For the first time ever in a laboratory, researchers were able to generate more energy from fusion reactions than they used to start the process.

3 years ago

File photo: State workers display their signs during a rally outside New Jersey Statehouse on Sept. 13, 2022. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Health

New Jersey public sector workers call for $350 million in aid to offset state health care premium hikes

Unions and labor organizations representing thousands of New Jersey public sector workers are requesting financial aid to help deal with rising premium costs.

3 years ago

(Lydia Zuraw/KHN)
NPR
Health

How Medicare Advantage plans dodged auditors and overcharged taxpayers by millions

Auditors uncovered millions of dollars in improper payments — citing overcharges of more than $1,000 per patient a year on average — by nearly two dozen health plans.

3 years ago

A woman wears a mask indoors in Manhattan
NPR
Health

Authorities are urging indoor masking in major cities as the ‘tripledemic’ rages

The CDC is advising people to practice indoor masking in nearly a tenth of U.S. counties, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses sweep the country.

3 years ago

Tina Sandri, CEO of Forest Hills of DC senior living facility, passes a COVID-19 informational sign while walking to her office on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Health

Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for U.S. seniors

Nursing homes leaders are redoubling efforts to get staff and residents boosted with the new version of the COVID-19 vaccine.

3 years ago

NASA's Orion capsule splashes down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday.
NASA. (livestream/Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Science

NASA’s Artemis I returns from the moon with hopes to get astronauts back there soon

The successful splashdown of the spacecraft with no humans aboard keeps NASA's Artemis mission on track to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface b

3 years ago

Francine Wheeler, mother of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Benjamin Wheeler, cries as she listens to Vice President Joe Biden speak during a gun violence conference.  (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
The Pulse
Health

Finding a Way to Live With Grief

The death of a loved one can be shattering — especially when it’s unexpected. It destroys our feeling of safety, warps our sense of r ...

Air Date: December 9, 2022

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Sandy Hook 10 Year Anniversary
The Pulse
Health

10 years after Sandy Hook: One mother’s journey through grief and healing

Francine Wheeler’s son, Ben, was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. For Francine, it was the moment that changed

3 years ago

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Grieving Covid Victims
The Pulse
Health

‘This was going to be a tidal wave’: What makes pandemic grief similar to violent death grief

Researchers find that pandemic grief is on par with violent-death grief — and what makes both so traumatic

3 years ago

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Pennsylvania health officials tour the school-based health center at Building 21 Lab School, a small district high school in North Philadelphia, on Thurs., Dec. 8, 2022. (Nicole Leonard/WHYY)
Health

Pennsylvania officials say school-based health centers are needed to bridge equity gaps

State health officials say there’s clear research that school-based health centers can bridge health equity gaps. But there’s still few in Pennsylvania.

3 years ago

A person stands at a podium.
NPR
Health

The White House unveils a new system to track and better prevent opioid overdoses

The Biden administration will use data from EMS first responders to track overdoses.

3 years ago

A boat passes Beach Cove in Delaware's Inland Bays near Bethany Beach. (John Mussoni/WHYY)
Science

Delaware to study climate change impact on the Inland Bays

Delaware’s environmental agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are partnering to find the best ways to prepare for flooding in Delaware’s Inland Bays.

3 years ago

A close-up of Josh Shapiro speaking.
Health

Gun violence and public health: Governor-elect Shapiro speaks at American Health Summit

Governor-elect Josh Shapiro highlighted gun violence and its effect on young people during the 5th annual Bloomberg American Health Summit in Philadelphia Tuesday.

3 years ago

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