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WASHINGTON -- First lady Jill Biden will travel to Florida on Thursday for a pair of events in Tampa and Miami on Friday as the Biden administration ramps up its “Cancer Moonshot” program.

The first lady’s office announced Monday that she will visit the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa-locka as part of her visit to the state. Exact details for the event will be announced in the coming days.

Her Florida visit comes after the Biden administration relaunched the Cancer Moonshot. The program aims to reduce the death rate from cancer by 50% over 25 years.

President Joe Biden oversaw the program as vice president when it was launched during the final year of the Obama administration with $1.8 billion in funding over a seven-year period, which will end next year.

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