‘Moonshot’ Initiative Rebooted By President Biden Will Aim To Halve Cancer Death Rates

'It's bold. It's ambitious. But it's completely do-able,' said US President Joe Biden of the Cancer Moonshot programme, which aims to speed up research, improve detection and availability of treatments.

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