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Biden seeks to cut US cancer death rate in half

VOA News The goal set by the president is part of the relaunch of the 2016 “Cancer Moonshot” program. WASHINGTON DC— The Biden Administration on Wednesday launched a plan that seeks to reduce the country’s cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years.The effort is a continuation of the 2016 “Cancer […]Read More

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Governor McKee, State Leaders Announce Availability of Funds to Support

Governor joined by Legislative Leadership, RIHousing, and housing advocates to announce $12 million in State Fiscal Recovery Funds for the acquisition of properties for redevelopment as affordable and supportive housing PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, Governor Dan McKee, and state leaders announced the availability of new funding to support the creation of affordable and supportive housing. Funded […]Read More

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Cicilline Meets with Rhode Island’s Michael Druckman and David Gehrenbeck

While in Kyiv, Ukraine on a congressional trip with the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) met with Barrington native Michael Druckman, who currently serves as the Resident Program Director for Ukraine at the International Republican Institute (IRI), and Providence native and Classical High School graduate David Gehrenbeck, Counselor for Political Affairs […]Read More

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FDA grants final approval to Moderna vaccine

On Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its full approval to US pharmaceutical company Moderna ‘s COVID-19 vaccine , to be marketed under the name Spikevax. The vaccine has been widely distributed in the United States and around the world under FDA emergency use authorization since December 2020. It has already been approved for use in […]Read More