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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Nursing homes will now need to have a minimum number of front-line caregivers for the first time under a new mandate announced by the Biden administration on Monday.  The final policy, revealed by Vice President Harris, is being implemented despite strong efforts by the nursing home industry and bipartisan lawmakers to oppose it, saying a federal standard is not possible…

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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) revealed on Sunday that state lawmakers will introduce a bill this week to support women traveling from Arizona seeking abortion care, in response to the implementation of one of the strictest abortion restrictions in the country. An Arizona Supreme Court decision earlier this month implemented an 1864 abortion law that limits access…

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The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) agreed to deliver aid to residents in Gaza when the U.S. finishes a pier for moving aid by sea, U.S. officials said Friday, according to The Associated Press. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has confirmed to The AP that it will work with the WFP to…