DURHAM, N.C. — First Lady Jill Biden was in North Carolina as part of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research.
She delivered remarks on women’s health research in Durham.
“So many of us and so many of the women in our lives suffer from health conditions for which we simply don’t have the answers or solutions,” she said.
In her remarks, Biden called women’s health a top priority for her husband’s administration. She even announced that the administration would allocate $200 million in fiscal year ’25 toward women’s health research.
“Together we can write a new future for healthcare. A future where women leave doctor’s offices with more answers than questions,” she said.
UNC School of Medicine’s Dr. Genevieve Neal-Perry said for many years there has been little funding for understanding women’s health conditions, such as menopause. But she hopes this new infusion of funds will help change that trend.
“When you consider nearly 2 million women a year in …