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

US vaccine misinformation is having “frightening” ripple effect in Europe, leaders warn www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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

One in six bacterial infections worldwide are now resistant to antibiotics, WHO warns www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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

Gaza ceasefire: detained healthcare workers are among the released as aid trickles in www.bmj.com/content/391/...

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

WHO: Third of European doctors and nurses have depression or anxiety www.bmj.com/content/391/...

WHO: Third of European doctors and nurses have depression or anxiety

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

Can India fix its flagship universal health insurance programme? www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Can India fix its flagship universal health insurance programme?

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

PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished www.bmj.com/content/391/...

PubMed is running on autopilot during shutdown, but key independent committee has been abolished

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

Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit

More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.

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

Australian sunscreen: Defective products tested by UK lab network found to have just a 10th of labelled protection
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Australian sunscreen: Defective products tested by UK lab network found to have just a 10th of labelled protection

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

CDC working group plans to review US child vaccines as thousands of health staff are fired in government shutdown www.bmj.com/content/391/...

CDC working group plans to review US child vaccines as thousands of health staff are fired in government shutdown

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

on.ft.com/3KwspxP Why the vibes are wrong for ‘vibe working’

Why the vibes are wrong for ‘vibe working’

The phrase used by Microsoft is the latest in a long list of vibe-related phenomena

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

Chris Stoker-Walker's grandfather suffered from delirium at the end of his life, but the journey to that diagnosis was difficult. It was a real privilege to speak to Chris for the latest episode of our podcast, about about the impact delirium had on his family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBy...

The difficulty of delirium diagnosis, the lack of agency in the 10 year plan, and Gaza wounds

In this episode of the podcast; In July this year, the Government published their 10 year health plan for England - A new analysis just published on BMJ.com takes an in depth look at the chances…

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

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 7d

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

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

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

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

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 11d

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 · 11d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

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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