Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States as of 2020, after heart disease. It is projected that there will be approximately 1.9 million new cancer diagnoses and over 600,000 cancer deaths this year. The overall age-adjusted cancer mortality rate has been declining over the last 30 years, largely due to…
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Remarks by President Biden on the Care Economy | Washington, D.C.
Union StationWashington, D.C. 1:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) As my mother would say, “God love you all.” Crystal, thank you for sharing your story. It’s a — and a simple truth. Folks, you know, there’s no better place for me to — last year at this day, I declared Caregiver and…
Readout of President Biden’s Conversations with FEMA and National Hurricane Center
This afternoon, President Biden convened conversations with the National Hurricane Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to discuss the Administration’s ongoing preparations for Hurricane Ida, which is projected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast as a dangerous major hurricane tomorrow on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. National Hurricane Center Director Kenneth…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 11:20 A.M. EST MR. ZIENTS: Good morning, and thanks for joining us. Today, we’ll start with an update from Dr. Walensky on Omicron cases in the U.S. and around the world. Over to you, Dr. Walensky. DR. WALENSKY: Good morning. Thank you, Jeff. I’d like to start by walking you through today’s data.…
Remarks by President Biden on Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic
East Room 4:31 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I’d like to make an important announcement today in our work to get every American vaccinated and protected from the Delta virus — the Delta variant of COVID-19. I just got a lengthy briefing from my COVID team, and here’s the lattest [sic] — the latest…
Remarks by Vice President Harris During a Menorah Lighting in Celebration of Hanukkah
East Room 5:48 P.M. EST THE VICE PRESIDENT: And I love my husband. (Laughter.) Happy Hanukkah, everyone. Happy Hanukkah. To our great, phenomenal President Joe Biden, to our phenomenal First Lady Jill Biden, thank you for welcoming all of us and for what you do every day — for what you do every day. Majority…
Press Briefing by White House COVID-19 Response Team and Public Health Officials
Via Teleconference 11:55 A.M. EDT MR. ZIENTS: Good morning, and thanks for joining us. Before I turn to Drs. Murthy, Walensky, and Fauci, I want to provide an update on our vaccinations program. Today, more than 210 million Americans — nearly 75 percent of people age 12 and older — have gotten at least their…
Remarks by President Biden on How Bidenomics is Mobilizing Investments in Clean Energy Manufacturing and Creating Good-Paying Jobs in Communities Around the Country | Pueblo, CO
CS Wind AmericaPueblo, Colorado 1:49 P.M. MST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Tony. Thank you, thank you, thank you for that introduction. Governor Jared Polis — where is the Gov sitting? There you go. Gov, thank you. You’re doing a hell of a job — you really are — for Colorado. And thank you for your…
CNN (Op-Ed): Biden is Keeping His Promises to Americans with Disabilities
By: Ambassador Susan E. Rice, White House Domestic Policy Advisor After the accident, Tyree Brown could barely write her own name. The 2015 car crash injured her spine and rendered the 26-year-old Maryland artist quadriplegic, paralyzing parts of her upper and lower body. Lengthy stints in rehab and a nursing home followed, coupled with painstaking occupational therapy.…
Statement by President Joe Biden on Mobilizing the Administration to Address Extreme Heat
Over the past few weeks, I have traveled across the country to see firsthand the devastating human and economic toll of extreme weather exacerbated by climate change. I have walked down streets in Louisiana, New Jersey, and New York, where deadly storms have blown apart the lives of working families, wiping homes and businesses off…
