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First Lady To Lead First Ever Initiative On Women’s Health

 
• By Brian Bossetta

The Biden administration has asked Jill Biden to spearhead a White House effort to find new ways for the federal government to boost women’s health. The first-of-its-kind initiative will focus on enhancing research into women’s health issues.

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Though there are more women than men in the US, women have been neglected for far too long in health research, according to President Joe Biden, who recently announced a new initiative by his administration seeking to change that.

On Monday, Biden established the first-ever White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research, which focuses all government health agencies on matters of women’s health.

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