Discover what’s new on the MJA website here: mjauk.org/discover-wha...

Novartis named principal sponsor for the 2026 MJA Awards, helping the MJA celebrate and profile independent high-quality journalism: mjauk.org/novartis-nam...

Discover what’s new on the MJA website here: mjauk.org/discover-wha...

A third British national has been diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak, health officials have said.

Just when you think you’ve got a handle on a story there’s another curveball - birdwatching at landfill? www.thetimes.com/article/96e4...

Over on our resources page, journalists can find a host of evergreen posts, webinars and interesting things to help their job. Sir Chris Whitty's recent lecture for us is a must watch for any health journalist. See it here in full: mjauk.org/watch-chris-...

Over on our resources page, journalists can find a host of evergreen posts, webinars and interesting things to help their job. Sir Chris Whitty's recent lecture for us is a must watch for any health journalist. See it here in full: mjauk.org/watch-chris-...

Have you had a look around our new website yet? The members benefits page has quite a few perks you might not have been aware of: mjauk.org/member-benef...

For those of us on the committee working on this in the very little spare time we have (alongside our excellent web developers) this is a very exciting day indeed! Also note the post flagging that the awards will be opening next week. Phew - it's all go!!!

🚨 BREAKING: The MJA has today launched its new website for members and non-members. Better visibility of benefits, resources, news and events plus a snazzy new look to boot! Take a look and let us know what you think: mjauk.org/welcome-to-t...

Need inspiration for that investigation? Well today @sirharrysummit.bsky.social is on in London and you can watch online and catch up on what you've missed. Check out more: sirharrysummit.org/watch/

While I am heartened to learn that the baby's new nursery illness might be boosting her immune system, I also feel terrible (because I have caught it too) and would like some sleep 🤧

Dangerous baby-sleep advice given to parents by self-described experts, secret filming reveals. Report by Divya Talwar and BBC colleagues: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨 Job alert klaxon: The Telegraph is looking for a health writer: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

The ‘life-saving’ impact Martha’s Rule is having in NHS hospitals www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

A finger-prick blood test could help suspected stroke patients by fast-tracking them straight to hospital, writes @ben-spencer.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/bb1e...

📣 Health & science journalists stand ready! Have you knocked it out of the park with a health story, podcast, or case study last year? The 2026 MJA Awards will be opening soon - watch this space. Members can enter free, non-members enter for a fee or can join the MJA #mjaawards

Were Neanderthals slow-witted, primitive dullards? New analysis of their brain shape suggests they likely had the same cognitive abilities as we Homo sapiens So how did we outlive them if it wasn't by outsmarting them? Fascinating study: edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn... -

"It was foolish of me to think that I could get away from being a doctor, from knowing what I know, from being who I am." A really moving perspective piece from @nejm.org about acting as a good samaritan on an plane www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Healthy life expectancy gap between rich and poor has widened, study finds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Is it possible to replace the use of animals in science? I look at the Government strategy and what it means for medical research for @pharmaj.bsky.social pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feat...

🚨 BREAKING: Confidential medical data belonging to thousands of British citizens put up for sale on a Chinese website www.thetimes.com/article/9c75...

For more on newly qualified midwives who say only 55 out of 300 could get jobs straight away in the east of England watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... the government says it’s invested £8m in creating 700 extra maternity roles nationally

Utterly devastating. Get your kids vaccinated for measles.

‘We don’t understand’: oncologists condemn FDA’s ban on life-saving cancer drugs

Mobile phones to be banned in schools in England under new plans

The future of Freedom to Speak Up - what NHS England plans to do next: www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/th...

Drinking for two. The Boomers that have driven American drinking habits for more than a decade. A post for data nerds. open.substack.com/pub/overmatt...

No one has been able to explain to me or show me actual evidence this will make any diff. Kids already don’t have their phones in lessons. Doesn’t do anything to address unsupervised use the rest of the time plus ‘what’ they’re accessing on a range of devices. www.thetimes.com/article/24af...

Major HRT supplier sanctioned after whistleblowers raise concerns over patient safety www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Women waiting too long for NHS care because of ‘medical misogyny’, top doctor warns. Report by MJA member @rebeccasmt.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

NHS to stop gaslighting women over pain in new health strategy www.thetimes.com/article/78cb...

The chief executive of troubled East Kent Hospitals has been away from her post since November on "unplanned leave." Here's what was really going on.

I know none of us really want to think about Making Tax Digital but that's why we asked an expert to come and give us the lowdown. Don't miss out on your place at this @freelancingfor.bsky.social webinar next week. Recordings will be sent to ticket holders if you can't make the time.

Revolution Medicines’ daraxonrasib has just doubled survival time for pancreatic cancer patients in a Phase 3 trial — a disease so lethal it’s often a death sentence within months. Topline results. 1/

A major new US report has called for more children to be included in clinical research. It comes at a particularly sensitive time for children and medicine in America, as Jennifer Lutz reports.

Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Another successful year for the MJA mjauk.org/2026/04/10/a...

The power of the markets: the scandal that keeps on taking. Powerful from @KamranAbbasi www.bmj.com/content/393/...

Did you miss our annual lecture with Professor Sir Chris Whitty? If you're a member of the MJA log on to our website first and go to this page to watch the full lecture. mjauk.org/2026/03/13/w...

NHS England to offer weight-loss drugs to 1.2m people to reduce risk of heart attacks and strokes www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Polio virus detected in London days before ministers cut global eradication funding, writes @katlay.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

The NHS is to ration hospital referrals as Labour scrambles to meet its pledge to cut waiting lists. By @lauradonnelly.bsky.social and @michaelsearles.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...

There are around 7,000 rare genetic conditions. For the vast majority, there are no treatments. Not because they are untreatable, but because traditional drug development simply isn’t viable - @drrobgalloway.bsky.social writes for the MJA: mjauk.org/2026/03/26/f...

WHO warns of health crisis ‘unfolding in real time’ across Middle East

🔺 Breaking: Meta and Google hooked a young girl on their services and are liable for the damage caused to her mental health, a jury in Los Angeles ruled