Health

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) described the state of healthcare in America as “barbarism,” in an upcoming episode of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) podcast. In a preview of Wednesday’s episode of “Bernie: The Podcast,” Ocasio-Cortez expressed her sadness about the high costs of healthcare and housing and the difficult choices many Americans must make, as she committed…

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The main U.S. program to fight HIV/AIDS overseas received a one year delay in the spending bill, temporarily stopping an unusual partisan disagreement about the initiative. The one year expansion for PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, maintains funding at the same level until March 2025 and does not include any…

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A Boston hospital said on Thursday that its doctors put a modified pig kidney into a human patient — the first time such a thing has been done. If the process is successful in the end, it could help thousands of kidney failure patients waiting for a transplant. The…