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U.S. Deputy Secretary for Health and Human Services, Andrea Palm, and Sweden’s Minister for Health Care, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, signing the agreement. Credit: Joel Apelthun/Government Offices of SwedenThe United States and Sweden signed an agreement to step up collaborations in science and technology by focusing on cancer research.

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