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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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Shown is the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and City Hall in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.
Health

First case of COVID-19’s omicron variant is reported in Philadelphia

A 30-year-old man has tested positive for the new variant, the city Health Department announced Friday.

3 years ago

Abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania could become destination for abortions if Roe is overturned

At least 23 states have laws on the books that would likely ban abortions if the Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade, including Ohio and West Virginia.

4 years ago

A mobile COVID-19 vaccination and booster shot site operates out of a bus on 59th Street south of Central Park as patients wait on the sidewalk, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, in New York. Health officials say multiple cases of the omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in New York, including a man who attended an anime convention in Manhattan in late November and tested positive for the variant when he returned home to Minnesota. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Health

Multiple cases of omicron virus variant detected in New York City

The news came a day after the U.S. announced its first case of the variant had been detected in California.

4 years ago

Cooper University Hospital in Camden
Health

Increase in COVID hospitalizations has Camden County officials concerned

Camden County officials are working to stop the spread of both COVID and the flu.

4 years ago

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Health

N.J.’s abortion bill would do more than codify Roe v. Wade

Gov. Phil Murphy recently expressed hope that he’d sign the bill before the end of the year.

4 years ago

Molnupiravir pills
Health

U.S. panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

The FDA isn’t bound by the panel’s recommendation and is expected to make its own decision before the end of the year.

4 years ago

The State Dining Room of the White House is decorated for the holiday season during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Community

White House holiday decor honors COVID-19 frontline workers

Holiday decorations unveiled Monday for Joe and Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas honor frontline workers who persevered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

Finn Washburn shows his vaccination site as mom Kate Elsley takes a photo
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Demand is strong for kids’ COVID-19 vaccines, pediatricians say

Doctors in the Delaware Valley are pleasantly surprised. An October survey had shown many parents against or hesitant about vaccination.

4 years ago

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A sign reading ’Stay safe’ in Regent Street, in London, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday, and stocks plunged in Asia and Europe in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant
Health

COVID variant spreads to more countries as world on alert

The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has popped up in more European countries, just days after being identified in South Africa.

4 years ago

People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant that has been detected in South Africa. Scientists say it is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country's most populous province
Health

Omicron: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?

In a statement on Friday, the World Health Organization designated it as a “variant of concern."

4 years ago

File photo: the Merck logo on a stained glass panel at a Merck company building in Kenilworth, N.J. Dec.18, 2014
Health

FDA: Merck COVID pill effective, experts will review safety

U.S. health officials say Merck's experimental COVID-19 pill is effective but they raised questions about its safety during pregnancy.

4 years ago

Brian Catania works aide Taylor Putnam through the Row Dog, one of the six core activation exercises he and Travis Ross developed.
Health

NFL puts core strengthening program of Delaware therapists in its playbook

One devotee of the training and stretching technique is Delaware native Troy Reeder, who starts at linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams.

4 years ago

New Jersey resident, Kimyatta Frazier (middle), with her family celebrating Mother's Day last May
Health

Early genetic testing can lead to better health outcomes. So why are patients of color not tested at the same rates?

Population-level and familial risks exist for inherited cancer disorders. Diversifying the genetic counseling field is one solution.

4 years ago

Temple Health plans to open a new, state-of-the-art maternity hospital at the former Cancer Treatment Centers for America campus in Northeast Philadelphia
Health

’People are going to die’: Doctors sound alarm on Temple’s plan to relocate labor and delivery unit

The health system plans to open a state-of-the-art women’s center in Juniata Park. OB-GYNs say the move jeopardizes patient safety.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Biden to have routine colonoscopy, transfer power to Harris

President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday when he undergoes a “routine colonoscopy."

4 years ago

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