At the JFK library, President Biden announced plans to expand on the “cancer moonshot initiative”
On the 60th anniversary of Kennedy’s own “moonshot” speech, the Biden administration announced his own plan “to end cancer as we know it.”
This year, I laid out my goal to cut the cancer death rate by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 12, 2022
We’re going to better support patients and families. And we’re going to update our fight against cancer.
The plan will aim to cut the cancer death rate by 50% in 25 years.
I believe we can end cancer as we know it and even cure cancers once and for all.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 12, 2022
Improve the speed of discovery and enhance treatments for those living with the disease, by using cutting-edge technology developed in America.
The administration will also invest in cancer researchers focused solely on the link between toxic exposures and cancer.
60 years ago, President Kennedy said that America chose to go to the moon not because it was easy, but because it was hard. Because that challenge is one we were unwilling to postpone.
— President Biden (@POTUS) September 13, 2022
Today, our moonshot is ending cancer as we know it. And it's something we can do together. pic.twitter.com/9Ud2p7WjE2
The disease hits home for Biden who lost his son, Beau, to brain cancer.
The President blames his son’s exposure to burn pits while deployed in Iraq.
