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STAT: Morning Rounds
The Postal Service is rolling out a special new stamp to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research. The stamp is selling for 60 cents and the extra 11 cents above normal postage rates will go to the NIH. An estimated 5.5 million people in the U.S. are living with the disease right now, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Researchers at the NIH and other health agencies are working to tackle the big challenges laid out in the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, including the lack of drugs or other interventions to prevent, treat, or cure the neurodegenerative disease.
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