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With more and more dependence on packaged foods the quest for safest food supply continues. Food and water have always served as vectors in carrying out foodborne diseases. Experts say that because of pollution and use of pesticides food and water...

The treatment for meningitis would now take lesser time than before as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its nodding to Xpert EV test that uses molecular biology to quickly detect the presence of viral meningitis. The permission of this test...

It was three years back that FDA hinted at permitting the sale of meat and milk from cloned animals which resulted in negative reactions from the people ranging from curiosity to disgust. Now three years after the incidence, the agency is all set to...