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Mun-Keat Looi

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International News & Features Editor @bmj.com Journalism lecturer, @Imperial College London Japanophile, #MUFC. Views mine

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 1h

on.ft.com/4mUl1cR Chris Hohn’s foundation blames ‘policy environment’ as it stops giving to US charities

Chris Hohn’s foundation blames ‘policy environment’ as it stops giving to US charities

Billionaire hedge fund manager’s CIFF has focused donations on issues such as climate change

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 2h

Acting CDC director calls for MMR break-up in overhaul of US vaccine schedule www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Acting CDC director calls for MMR break-up in overhaul of US vaccine schedule

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 7h

Contaminated cough syrup linked to deaths of 14 children in India www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Contaminated cough syrup linked to deaths of 14 children in India

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 17h

Gaza: Over 50 000 preschool children are acutely malnourished, study finds, as ceasefire deal progresses www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 17h

UK considers drug price changes as European leaders warn “unnecessary clinical trials” are sending wrong message to big pharma www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 17h

South African Medical Association severs ties with Israeli counterpart and calls for wider shunning of the group www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 18h

Heart attack care: Gender gap in Australia won’t close for a decade without action, researchers warn www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 2d

Melatonin gummies: Australia’s drug regulator issues safety warning over popular sleep “supplements” www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Melatonin gummies: Australia’s drug regulator issues safety warning over popular sleep “supplements”

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 2d

Tobacco industry “fighting back” with new nicotine products, WHO warns, with more than 100 million people now vaping www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Tobacco industry “fighting back” with new nicotine products, WHO warns, with more than 100 million people now vaping

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 3d

Young adult suicide rates rise www.axios.com/newsletters/... #axiosvitals

Axios Vitals - Young adult suicide rates rise

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 3d

Fascinating take on the real value of video AI. Video models “will become general-purpose foundation models for vision” in the near future, ultimately able to solve any visual challenge put to them without special training.

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AI video: more than just “slop”

The next big thing in AI may be pictures, not words

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 3d

After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired www.science.org/content/arti...

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 5d

States fed up with high drug prices are cracking down www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

States fed up with high drug prices are cracking down

A Colorado panel voted Friday to cap the price for a best-selling drug from Amgen. It is one of four states that have passed legislation allowing price caps for specific prescriptions.

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 5d

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/h...

How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 6d

What does Trump’s H-1B visa ban mean for doctors in the US? www.bmj.com/content/390/...

What does Trump’s H-1B visa ban mean for doctors in the US?

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 6d

Why older people are still excluded from health research—and what can be done www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Why older people are still excluded from health research—and what can be done

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 6d

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/h...

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, who was on administrative leave, alleged that the Trump administration had defied court orders and undermined vaccine research.

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 7d

Israel inflicts 17 “brutal attacks” on healthcare in Gaza City in just two weeks, UN reports www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 7d

Trump launches website to help Americans buy cheaper drugs, with Pfizer signing up www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Trump launches website to help Americans buy cheaper drugs, with Pfizer signing up

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 7d

Why can’t we do anything about delirium? www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Why can’t we do anything about delirium?

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 8d

“Unprecedented” US government shutdown could force mass furlough of health workers www.bmj.com/content/391/...

“Unprecedented” US government shutdown could force mass furlough of health workers

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 8d

Trump orders $50M for AI in pediatric cancer research www.axios.com/2025/09/30/t...

Trump orders $50M for AI in pediatric cancer research

The move is part of a broader embrace of artificial intelligence across federal agencies but comes as the administration is slashing biomedical research spending and pausing grants.

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 8d

Trump cuts: Gaps in drug research funding in Europe can’t be filled, experts warn www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 8d

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 9d

Trump’s claims on Tylenol (paracetamol), vaccines, and autism—what’s the truth? www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Trump’s claims on Tylenol (paracetamol), vaccines, and autism—what’s the truth?

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 9d

Experts welcome Trump’s “America first” global health strategy www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Experts welcome Trump’s “America first” global health strategy

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 10d

Despite the headlines, covid-19 vaccines remain more widely accessible in the US than in the UK. www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Covid vaccines: How is policy changing in the US and UK?

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 10d

DOJ sues over pro-Palestinian protest, using law on abortion clinic access www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 10d

Autism and ADHD de-diagnosing services could be rolled out in Sweden—should the US and UK follow suit? www.bmj.com/content/390/...