The Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) has issued an urgent reminder to freelance journalists that their deadline for submitting claims for articles has moved. Members must upload detail...

The review, which focuses on younger people, warned there was a risk society was moving from an era of under-diagnosis to over-diagnosis.

Infrared technology is used in patients' bedrooms and can monitor their breathing and pulse.

Most counties don’t have their own health agencies, and some specific population groups have low vaccination rates

Genetic analysis could help GPs tailor medicines to stop older patients taking dangerous mixtures

Campaigners say failure of drugs regulation has allowed use of ‘shocking’ tactics to boost sales

The Pharmacist’s reporter has scooped a journalism award for her investigation into the commissioning of weight-loss drugs on the NHS.

Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) committee members contributed to winning and highly commended articles at this year’s Medical Journalists’ Association (MJA) Awards. Dr Ellen Welch spoke to the BMJ for ...

There is something particularly special about the MJA Awards. Of course, it is an opportunity to recognise some of the impactful and insightful work produced by medical and health journalists over the...

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New ways that AI threatens the livelihoods of journalists seem to emerge every week. Press Gazette is compiling a growing list of AI-related journalistic cock-ups, from stories containing Chat-GPT “ha...

In the run up to the 2025 MJA Awards ceremony now just two weeks away, we’re taking you through our categories and the finalists that have made the cut. This time we’re looking at our podcast, case st...

The Medical Journalists’ Association awards celebrate the best health reporting from the past year. As I’m sure you all know, we recently announced the shortlist for 2026 but we wanted to take some ti...

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Our investigation shows millions are at risk of avoidable reactions to overprescribed drugs

We are delighted to announce the finalists for our 2026 Medical Journalists’ Association Awards. As ever, the MJA Awards recognise outstanding reporting across medicine, health and science. Our indepe...

Debates, discussions and deliberations and finally decisions. That was the agenda for the judges of the 2026 Medical Journalists’ Association Awards at our judging day on Thursday 6th August. The judg...

The NHS in England is under huge pressure. Health needs are growing as more people live longer and with major health conditions. Staff are under significant strain. Funding increases are modest by historic standards and productivity remains below pre-pandemic levels.

Decision to leave right to tests up to GPs described as ‘outrageous betrayal’

Debates, discussions and deliberations and finally decisions. That was the agenda for the judges of the 2026 Medical Journalists’ Association Awards at our judging day on Thursday 6th August. The judg...

Deborah Cohen reports on the dangers of misdiagnosing an underresearched condition

The party says the government's plans to modernise the NHS risk another major hospital scandal.

American research of more than 12,000 adults with an average age of 56 found that minimising three risk factors could delay the onset of dementia by 13 years

Exclusive: New health secretary promises root-and-branch reform after damning maternity scandals