First Lady Jill Biden will be in New Orleans today. Here is why she is visiting

First Lady Jill Biden visiting New Orleans Friday

Updated: 4:54 PM CST Mar 10, 2023

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WRAPPING UP HER VISIT TO NEW ORLEANS, ONE THAT FOCUSED ON HIGHLIGHTING CANCER FIGHTING INITIATIVES. A DR. BIDEN TOUCHED DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND JOINED SENATOR BILL CASSIDY AND HIS WIFE AT THE LOUISIANA CANCER RESEARCH CENTER. THAT’S WHERE WDSU IS. ELIZABETH KUEBEL IS LIVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH A LOOK AT THE MISSION BEHIND THE FIRST LADY’S TRIP. ELIZABETH, YOU. YES. AND THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST LADY, DR. JILL BIDEN, SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HER AFTERNOON HERE AT THIS CANCER RESEARCH CENTER. THE EVENT WRAPPED UP JUST ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO. I WOULD SAY, AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR. AND AS YOU ALL MENTIONED, SHE DID TAKE A TOUR HERE. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THAT TOUR. SO LET’S SHOW THAT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. PART OF THAT TOUR INCLUDED LOOKING AT A RESEARCH LAB, ALSO A VIRTUAL NURSING STATION. AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE MISSION BEHIND THIS. THIS VISIT IS BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S CANCER MOONSHOT INITIATIVE. THE PRESIDENT RECENTLY REIGNITED IT AND SET THE NATIONAL GOAL OF CUTTING THE DEATH RATE FROM CANCER BY AT LEAST 50% OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS. IN NEW ORLEANS TODAY, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE FIRST LADY WAS JOINED BY SENATOR BILL CASSIDY AND HIS WIFE TO LEARN MORE HERE ABOUT THE LOUISIANA CANCER REACH THAT RESEARCH CENTERS EFFORTS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO CLINICAL TRIALS FOR MORE CASED CANCER PATIENTS ACROSS OUR AREA. AND DR. JILL BIDEN ALSO TOOK THE PODIUM DURING TODAY’S EVENT. I WANT YOU TO LISTEN HERE TO A PORTION OF WHAT SHE DELIVERED TODAY. MANY FAMILIES HERE IN LOUISIANA HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO THIS DISEASE. AND I KNOW THAT’S PROBABLY WHY MANY OF YOU ARE HERE. AND WHY YOU DO THE WORK YOU DO. RIGHT. YES. YOU HEAR HER THERE TALKING ABOUT WHY THIS IS SO IMPACTFUL TO OUR SPECIFIC COMMUNITY. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU LIVE UPDATES FROM TODAY’S EVENT AND HOUR LATER NEWSCAST AT FIVE AND SIX. BUT UNTIL THEN, REPORTING LIVE, I’M ELIZABETH CUEBALL. WDSU NEWS. YEAH, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT INITIATIVE. ELIZABET

First Lady Jill Biden visiting New Orleans Friday

Updated: 4:54 PM CST Mar 10, 2023

First Lady Jill Biden will be visiting New Orleans on Friday, according to the White House. Biden will join U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and his wife at the Louisiana Cancer Research Center in New Orleans. The visit will bring attention to the Biden administration’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative. President Joe Biden relaunched the White House’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, committing the nation to working toward reducing the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years.Biden will arrive in New Orleans at 1:30 p.m. Friday and will visit the research center at 2:15 p.m.

First Lady Jill Biden will be visiting New Orleans on Friday, according to the White House.

Biden will join U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy and his wife at the Louisiana Cancer Research Center in New Orleans.

The visit will bring attention to the Biden administration’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative.

President Joe Biden relaunched the White House’s “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, committing the nation to working toward reducing the death rate from cancer by at least 50% over the next 25 years.

Biden will arrive in New Orleans at 1:30 p.m. Friday and will visit the research center at 2:15 p.m.