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BGN head Dadan Hindayana said the agency aims to eliminate food poisoning incidents entirely this year. However, he acknowledged that since the start of 2025 there have already been 10 food poisoning ...

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UF Health Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a small compound produced naturally by gut bacteria that doubled the ...

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