First lady to visit St. Jude Hospital in Memphis

MEMPHIS — First lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to visit young patients at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.

The hospital says Obama will visit with children and tour the hospital Wednesday afternoon.

St. Jude is considered a leading researcher of cancer and other life-threatening diseases that affect children. St. Jude says it is working to increase the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent in the next decade.

Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing and food.

Former first ladies Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Hillary Clinton also visited St. Jude during their time in the White House.

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