Biden announces $150 million for Cancer Moonshot initiative

CNN August 13, 2024, 11:00 PM UTC

Summary: President Joe Biden announced $150 million in new research awards for the "Cancer Moonshot" program, aiming to halve U.S. cancer deaths in 25 years. This initiative, launched during his vice presidency, has received $4 billion since 2022. Biden's focus in his final months includes disbursing funds from major legislation, with $563 billion already awarded for infrastructure and clean energy projects.

Full article

Article metrics

The article metrics are deprecated.

I'm replacing the original 8-factor scoring system with a new and improved one. It doesn't use the original factors and gives much better significance scores.

Timeline:

  1. [3.1]
    CME Group awards scholarships to underrepresented finance students (prnewswire.com)
    35d 5h
    Source
  2. [3.9]
    SpaceX to launch first space-hardened Nvidia AI GPU (Space.com)
    35d 10h
    Source
  3. [3.6]
    Biden announces $150 million for tumor research funding (foxnews.com)
    36d 0h
    Source
  4. [4.0]
    Biden announces $150 million for cancer research grants (abc30.com)
    36d 1h
    Source
  5. [3.9]
    Biden announces $150 million for cancer research grants (abc13.com)
    36d 1h
    Source
  6. [3.5]
    $18M grant for real-time tumor analysis system development (prnewswire.com)
    36d 1h
    Source
  7. [4.3]
    Biden announces $150 million for cancer research grants (baltimoresun.com)
    36d 2h
    Source
  8. [3.3]
    Biden announces $150 million for cancer research funding (gazette.com)
    36d 2h
    Source
  9. [3.9]
    NCI funds $3.1 million mental health model for cancer patients (news-medical.net)
    36d 3h
    Source
  10. [4.3]
    Biden announces $150M for 'Cancer Moonshot' program (khaleejtimes.com)
    36d 10h
    Source
  11. [3.7]
    Cancer vaccines show promise in improving survival rates (Daily Mail)
    36d 10h
    Source
  12. [5.2]
    Biden announces $150 million for cancer research grants (forbes.com)
    36d 11h

  13. [5.0]
    Biden announces $150 million for cancer research grants (The Associated Press)
    36d 11h

  14. [3.7]
    Cancer deaths in men may rise 93% by 2050 (indiatoday.in)
    36d 12h
    Source
  15. [4.4]
    Biden promotes cancer death reduction initiative in final months (abcnews.go.com)
    36d 19h
    Source
  16. [4.4]
    Biden promotes initiative to cut cancer deaths by 50% (news.yahoo.com)
    36d 19h
    Source
  17. [3.8]
    Biden promotes cancer death reduction initiative in final months (thestar.com)
    36d 19h
    Source