Daraxonrasib: How soon could the new drug for pancreatic cancer be available in the UK? buff.ly/zeL2hwr
Daraxonrasib: How soon could the new drug for pancreatic cancer be available in the UK?
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Mun-Keat Looi
@munkeatlooi.bsky.social
International News & Features Editor @bmj.com Journalism lecturer, @Imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social Medical Journalism Awards Editor of the Year 2026. Views mine
Trump: “Split vaccines into five doses to reduce autism”—the US president’s latest unevidenced claim buff.ly/Moxulde
Trump: “Split vaccines into five doses to reduce autism”—the US president’s latest unevidenced claim
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Abortion: South Korea to approve mifepristone buff.ly/jYtrnPT
Abortion: South Korea to approve mifepristone
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Counterfeit medicines: Major raid uncovers racket, with fears for medical supply contamination buff.ly/RfMJhwK
Counterfeit medicines: Major raid uncovers racket, with fears for medical supply contamination
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Massive thanks to the MJA and congrats to my fellow nominees, especially my colleague and friend Jennifer Richardson! #mjaawards
Medical Journalists' Association@mja-uk.bsky.social · 2d agoThe penultimate award is for Editor. And the winner is Mun Keat Looi @bmj_latest Congratulations! @munkeatlooi.bsky.social i @abpi.bsky.social #mjaawards
The penultimate award is for Editor. And the winner is Mun Keat Looi @bmj_latest Congratulations! @munkeatlooi.bsky.social i @abpi.bsky.social #mjaawards
American Diabetes Association boycotted in free speech row buff.ly/4TgTaVf
American Diabetes Association boycotted in free speech row
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EPA repeals major greenhouse gas emission limits for US fossil fuel power plants buff.ly/fiV66Xv
EPA repeals major greenhouse gas emission limits for US fossil fuelpower plants
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EU social media ban: Commission announces restrictions for under-13s buff.ly/PP2IlrK
EU social media ban: Commission announces restrictions for under-13s
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International medical graduates still 50% more likely to face regulator sanctions, data show buff.ly/Z2PA4Ls
International medical graduates still 50% more likely to face regulator sanctions, data show
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Bylines and Side Quests: 19 September 2026 buff.ly/lc3ye3e
Bylines and Side Quests: 19 September 2026
What I’ve been working on this week
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Trump’s “dismantling” of NIH research continues apace buff.ly/y4yzUmn
Trump’s “dismantling” of NIH research continues apace
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Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
The president has a history of feuding with news organizations and has at times tried to ban them and their journalists.
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AI bioweapons: Anthropic claims scientists used Claude AI tool for dangerous research buff.ly/wVrrj1u
AI bioweapons: Anthropic claims scientists used Claude AI tool for dangerous research
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US-UK drug pricing deal: MPs urge National Audit Office to investigate costs buff.ly/F6zt2zR
US-UK drug pricing deal: MPs urge National Audit Office to investigate costs
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US measles deaths: Pennsylvania reports third and fourth fatalities buff.ly/4j3mYhj
US measles deaths: Pennsylvania reports third and fourth fatalities
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Reach to cut editorial team by further 160 jobs as key metric becomes 'active engaged time' buff.ly/tT6wvgc
Reach to cut editorial team by further 160 jobs as key metric becomes 'active engaged time'
Proposal also includes closure of Kent Live, Aberdeen Live and Galway Beo websites.
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Eating disorders: Doctors and patients left in “nightmare situation” amid long waits, unsafe care, and preventable deaths buff.ly/NteN0e1
Eating disorders: Doctors and patients left in “nightmare situation” amid long waits, unsafe care, and preventable deaths
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Hot drinks and oesophageal cancer: the facts behind the headlines buff.ly/z0vxBOX
Hot drinks and oesophageal cancer: the facts behind the headlines
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US plans to stop HIV support for Namibia as African country rejects “colonial” data sharing demands buff.ly/sU7irLn
US plans to stop HIV support for Namibia as African country rejects “colonial” data sharing demands
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AI face drives patients to plastic surgery buff.ly/6Y4L9uR
AI face drives patients to plastic surgery
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Love listening to @mattalt.bsky.social talk about this kinda stuff, if you haven't checked out Pure Invention, you really should (and obviously peep this video first)
Kyle McLain@farmboyinjapan.bsky.social · last wk.I'm finally able share my big project at work! While I don't appear on camera, this video was my idea, I pitched this idea internally at my think tank, got together the necessary speakers, and worked to refine the scope and focus of the conversation. I'm thrilled to share this video with everyone!
NHS doctor’s body is recovered from Pakistan mountain buff.ly/lAiwOgJ
NHS doctor’s body is recovered from Pakistan mountain
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Lenacapavir: Gilead is urged to change price after NHS rejects HIV drug owing to cost buff.ly/FKNYHne
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How do you make your pitch stand out among all the ideas landing in an editor’s inbox? Find out with @munkeatlooi.bsky.social at ‘Pitching perfect: The art of pitching’ — with practical advice, examples and interactive group work. 📅 23 September 📍 @royalsociety.org 🔗zurl.co/sccv6
9/11: Public was misled about health effects after terrorist attack on New York buff.ly/AvnZH8y
9/11: Public was misled about health effects after terrorist attack on New York
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