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The alliance aims to strengthen regional collaboration in rare disease diagnosis, research in genomics, capacity building and public health response.

A nurse fills up syringes with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for residents who are over 50 years old and immunocompromised and are eligible to receive their second booster shots in Waterford, Michigan, U.S., April 8, 2022.
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