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RESEARCH!AMERICA launched its Campaign for Cures 2016 election blog and an online interactive map featuring hundreds of quotes on medical progress from candidates across the political spectrum running for national office.

Managed by former USA Today senior editor and health reporter Janice Lloyd, the blog features election news, survey data, commentary and analysis of presidential and congressional races in key states on topics relevant to medical progress.

Campaign for Cures partners include Pfizer, the Society for Neuroscience, Alzheimer’s Association, PhRMA, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, University of Maryland School of Medicine, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, American Public Health Association, American Association for Cancer Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases, The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Penn Medicine, The Whitehead Institute and The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

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