Sen­a­tors from both par­ties in­tro­duce menopause re­search bill

A group of De­mo­c­ra­t­ic and Re­pub­li­can sen­a­tors in­tro­duced a bill on Thurs­day that calls for $275 mil­lion to­ward fed­er­al menopause re­search and aware­ness ef­forts over five years.

The leg­is­la­tion would des­ig­nate $25 mil­lion a year for five years to fund NIH grants, in­crease co­or­di­na­tion on menopause re­search with­in the NIH and HHS, and re­quire HHS to ex­pand re­search and re­port­ing on menopause and mid-life women’s health. It would al­so au­tho­rize funds for ed­u­ca­tion, train­ing and pro­mo­tion ef­forts.

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