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Susan Collins: “More than half of the 400 million people in the world who are affected by rare diseases are children, and about…”

On the recordApril 4, 2022
More than half of the 400 million people in the world who are affected by rare diseases are children, and about one-third of those children will sadly die before the age of five.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Highlighting the impact of rare diseases on children.

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