First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Announces $110 Million in Awards for Women's Health Research Push

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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden Announces $110 Million in Awards for Women's Health Research Push

First lady Dr. Jill Biden announced $110 million in awards from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to fund research and development in women's health, including chronic pain, ovarian cancer, and endometriosis.

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