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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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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 · 1d
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 · 1d
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 · 1d
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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from The Economist
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 · 2d
After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired www.science.org/content/arti...
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 4d
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 · 4d
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 · 4d
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 · 5d
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 · 5d
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 · 5d
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 · 5d
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 · 5d
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 · 6d
“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 · 6d
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 · 6d
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 · 7d
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 · 7d
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 · 8d
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 · 8d
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 · 8d
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 · 9d
Autism and ADHD de-diagnosing services could be rolled out in Sweden—should the US and UK follow suit? www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 9d
How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral
Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What happens when AI models get trained on junk pages?
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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 9d
Huntington’s disease: new gene therapy explained www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Huntington’s disease: new gene therapy explained
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