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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 14h

Adolescence lasts into 30s - new study shows four pivotal ages for your brain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Certainly explains my life

Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study

Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 14h

Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Control of HIV, TB and malaria at risk after global health fund donations fall

World leaders pledge just over $11bn, short of the $18bn experts say is needed to stay on track to tackle challenges

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 15h

Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban, Pinterest exempted | TechCrunch buff.ly/d9fK7GL

Australia adds Twitch to teen social media ban, Pinterest exempted | TechCrunch

Australia’s internet watchdog has added Twitch to the list of social media sites banned under its Social Media Minimum Age rules, effective December 10.

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 16h

China and South Korea To Curb Influence "Without Expertise" wersm.com/china-and-so...

China and South Korea To Curb Influence "Without Expertise"

Influencers have become key players in political and cultural discourse. Now China and South Korea are saying they must be qualified.

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 16h

NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH shake-up to grant decision-making draws concerns of political meddling

Policy drops “paylines” based on peer-review scores and requires geography and other factors to guide approvals

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

CDC to end all monkey research buff.ly/OudLxcW

Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research

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

Declaration HHS – #117, Att. #4 in American Federation of Government Employees, AFL CIO v. United States Office of Management and Budget (N.D. Cal., 3:25-cv-08302) – CourtListener.com buff.ly/MulkZlA

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 20h

Nearly a billion women face domestic or sexual violence, report finds buff.ly/3koukzb

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 21h

Man in first ever human case of H5N5 avian flu dies buff.ly/pYAYxIu

Man in first ever human case of H5N5 avian flu dies

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 22h

Will the new FDA fix the old FDA? buff.ly/T1RiBgF

Will the new FDA fix the old FDA?

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

Government accused of “weaponising” antisemitism to silence doctors on Gaza buff.ly/YysV2z6

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

CDC website altered to suggest possible link between vaccines and autism buff.ly/GUbJGZz

CDC website altered to suggest possible link between vaccines and autism

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

Hardening of anti-immigrant rhetoric in society could drive more foreign doctors away from a “less welcoming” UK, the General Medical Council warns.

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

Top FDA drug regulator Richard Pazdur, who assumed his new role this month, has warned that new Trump administration initiatives to expedite approvals could be illegal and pose a risk to public health. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...