Australia Health News API

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            "content": "Uptake of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program is slowly improving with more than four in five participants returning to screen again at the next opportunity.\nLatest figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare revealed an estim... [2197 chars]",
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