President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he is reigniting “Cancer Moonshot,” the project he spearheaded as vice president during the Obama administration.
The initiative aims to dramatically reduce the national death rate from cancer, as well as improve the experience of survivors and family members of those living with the disease. In a seven-page fact sheet announcing the relaunch, the White House outlined its goals and commitments and repeatedly pledged to “end cancer as we know it today.”
“Working together over the next 25 years, we will cut today’s age-adjusted death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent,” it said.
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