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    Alzheimer’s Association Center for Dementia Respite Innovation Awards More Than $4 Million in New Round of Grants to Improve Respite Care for People Living With Dementia and Their Caregivers

    The grants are awarded to 41 local respite providers and organizations in the second year of a five-year, $25 million grant program.
    June 25, 2025
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    Alzheimer’s Association Responds to Sec. Kennedy’s Mischaracterizations About State of Alzheimer’s Research Efforts

    During a House Energy & Commerce Health subcommittee hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made several inaccurate statements regarding Alzheimer’s disease and the current state of research.
    June 24, 2025
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    Alzheimer’s Association and Alzheimer’s Impact Movement Statement on Senate’s Proposed Medicaid Cuts

    While it would avoid the most harmful alternatives for people living with dementia, the Senate's proposed Medicaid cuts threaten a lifeline for this community. 
    June 17, 2025
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    Alzheimer's Association Part the Cloud Grants $5 Million to Develop Innovative Gene Targeting Treatments

    This unique and unprecedented funding program is focused on gene targeting: potential therapies that change the expression of a gene at some level.
    June 13, 2025
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    New Analysis Finds Dementia Caregivers More Likely to Report Modifiable Risk Factors That Increase Their Own Risk for Dementia

    The first-of-its-kind analysis found that dementia caregivers are significantly more likely than the general population to experience conditions such as obesity, diabetes, poor sleep, smoking and hypertension.
     
    June 12, 2025
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    NIH Director Affirms to Congress His Commitment to Advancing Progress on Alzheimer’s

    National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya affirmed his commitment to advancing progress in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia in a Senate budget hearing.
    June 10, 2025
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    Maria C. Carrillo, Ph.D.

    Chief Science Officer and Medical Affairs Lead, Alzheimer’s Association

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    Chief Public Policy Officer, Alzheimer’s Association and President, Alzheimer's Impact Movement

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    Senior Vice President, Medical & Scientific Operations

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