Obama creates new cancer task force, blessing Biden’s effort

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama created a new federal task force Thursday to accelerate cancer research, putting Vice President Joe Biden in charge of the drive to streamline government efforts toward a cure.
Dubbed the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, the group will be modest in scope — the White House says the task force is “advisory only.” Yet its formation gives a formal green light to what until now has been an amorphous effort by the vice president t