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Prompted, codify. A discovery that pregnancy complications are being caused and can be avoided would prompt action—specifically, codifying, or “systematizing,” the recommendations. For the first blank, instigated (urged, goaded, provoked, or incited) has a somewhat negative spin, and instigating is generally something that people do; it is odd to say that a “discovery” instigated a group of people to do something. Lulled (deceptively caused to feel safe) is the opposite of what the discovery of the allergen/complications link would do to the Department of Health. For the second blank, intuit (understand or solve by instinct) and officiate (act as an official in charge) are not right, though the latter represents a bit of a theme trap related to a government agency.