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Mun-Keat Looi
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International News & Features Editor @bmj.com
Journalism lecturer, @Imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Japanophile, #MUFC. Views mine

Public Health 40%
Medicine 22%

Why clinical trials are leaving the US—and Asia and Australia are welcoming them buff.ly/iA5oK7g
Why clinical trials are leaving the US—and Asia and Australia are welcoming them
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Wegovy: FDA accuses Novo Nordisk of “false or misleading” ad for weight loss pill buff.ly/6XGFcj3
Wegovy: FDA accuses Novo Nordisk of “false or misleading” ad for weight loss pill
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Botswana health crisis as diamond trade drains the country’s finances buff.ly/PBTIpOx

Trump repeals EPA climate change regulations in move scientists say is a “rejection of the laws of physics” buff.ly/emXsNFd
Trump repeals EPA climate change regulations in move scientists say is a “rejection of the laws of physics”
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With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules harming its global competitiveness www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
ALSO - if you missed out on your childhood measles vaccine and haven't had measles, you can get *free* MMR vaccination from your GP! (whether as an older child, teenager or adult).

I got my MMR about 10 years ago!

www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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France cuts funding for Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria by more than half buff.ly/vYfujYf

US to participate in meeting on influenza vaccine composition, WHO official says buff.ly/KsZqfp0

Four states sue Trump administration over cuts to public health funding buff.ly/0vYKY0G

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Another NIH institute loses its director buff.ly/atKpubD

Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one” buff.ly/acMG1tZ
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
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Pause youth gender surgery, leading US medical associations say, as hospitals start limiting care
Pause youth gender surgery, leading US medical associations say, as hospitals start limiting care
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US and Moderna: FDA refuses approval process for new mRNA flu vaccine buff.ly/ccqN4pJ
US and Moderna: FDA refuses approval process for new mRNA flu vaccine
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NIH will no longer characterize basic experimental studies involving humans as clinical trials   buff.ly/oTnoqMM
NIH redefines 'clinical trials,' dividing researchers
In a long-debated move, the NIH will no longer characterize basic experimental studies involving humans as clinical trials.
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FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine
The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.
www.washingtonpost.com

First human trials of locally-developed HIV jab begin in South Africa First human trials of locally-developed HIV jab begin in South Africa www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
www.telegraph.co.uk

I remember this being cited to me recently as an example of a great model to aspire to. Sadly nothing is perfect.
Kaiser Permanente strike expands as pharmacy, lab workers walk out
More than 3,000 pharmacy technicians, pharmacy assistants and clinical laboratory professionals joined the strike, which entered its third week on Monday.
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Israel accepts Gaza death toll of 70 000, but experts say true number is much higher buff.ly/9rfNgcq

Study followed participants in two long-running studies of medical practitioners: women in the Nurses’ Health Study and men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...
2 to 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It’s Decaf.
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Argentina: No Withdrawal From Pan American Health Organization - Despite Leaving WHO - Health Policy Watch healthpolicy-watch.news/argentina-sa...
Argentina: No Withdrawal From Pan American Health Organization - Despite Leaving WHO - Health Policy Watch
Although Argentina is withdrawing from the World Health Organization’s global body, it intends to remain an active member in WHO's regional affiliate, the Pan
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With $48M in philanthropic backing, a division of USAID relaunches as a nonprofit buff.ly/Ga8NqG6
The BMJ @bmj.com · 10d
📣 Call for papers on the geopolitics of global health.

We are inviting submissions of articles that interrogate and uncover the geopolitical determinants of global health.

Read more in this editorial from @jocalynclark.bsky.social and Gabriel Leung
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia buff.ly/6hDeo5L
Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia
The claim vastly overstates preliminary research into whether the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet might help people with the disorder, experts said.
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Members of the WHO are trying to figure out how to deal with the $260 million bill Donald Trump left unpaid when the U.S. formally quit the global health agency earlier this year.
Will Trump ever pay WHO debt? Countries discuss what’s possible.
The U.S. owes fees from 2024-2026, leaving the WHO $260 million out of pocket.
www.politico.eu

Royal Colleges of Physicians and General Practitioners join the X exodus—why medical leaders are refusing to tweet buff.ly/7WzLFtc
Royal Colleges of Physicians and General Practitioners join the X exodus—why medical leaders are refusing to tweet
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RFK Jr names anti-vaccine members to federal autism committee buff.ly/z055Dvh
RFK Jr names anti-vaccine members to federal autism committee
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Toxic metals and carcinogens found in Australian tattoo inks buff.ly/m5WQs8P
Toxic metals and carcinogens found in Australian tattoo inks
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