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Jimmy Williams In a determined push to leave a lasting legacy, President Joe Biden visited New Orleans on Tuesday to spotlight his administration’s “moonshot” initiative, aimed at significantly reducing cancer deaths in the United States. As Biden nears the end of his term, he is zeroing in on health policy …

Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch Hoping to channel the momentum that led scientists to land Americans on the moon more than 50 years ago, President Joe Biden doubled down Monday on his quest to halve the number of cancer deaths as part of his revamped “cancer moonshot” initiative. Speaking from …

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced the relaunch of the government’s “moonshot” program that seeks to cut cancer deaths in the country by 50% over the next few decades. Biden first launched “moonshot” in 2016 while serving as vice-president under President Barack Obama, allocating a total of $1.8 billion to …