March 8, 2022

Jill Biden to visit Arizona tribe battling to end high cancer rates

Author: Stephanie Innes

First lady Jill Biden on Tuesday will visit an indigenous tribe in Southern Arizona that wants to end persistent disparities in colon cancer rates.
Biden and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra have scheduled an afternoon tour of the San Xavier Health Center on the Tohono O'odham Nation, which has a program and services partnership with the University of Arizona's Arizona Cancer Center.
Among other things, the partnership has focused on improving disproportionatel...