How to enter the Medical Journalists' Association Awards, the UK's leading awards for health and medical journalism, with cash prizes of £750

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Finalists for the 2021 Medical Journalists' Association announced. The BBC's Clive Myrie is among the big names in the running for trophies.

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UVA Health researchers have developed a powerful new tool to understand how medications affect men and women differently, and that will help lead to safer, more effective drugs in the future.

The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which allows people to be “legally recognised in their acquired gender,” is reaching its final stages in the Scottish parliament. At present, people who...

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Fergus Walsh and Panorama won the coveted MJA Award for Outstanding Contribution to health or medical journalism at the 2021 MJA Awards.

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The 2022 MJA Awards, the Oscars of health and medical journalism are now open for entry. More than £12,000 in prizes to be won.

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Finalists for the 2022 Medical Journalists' Association Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced on September 15,

Reporting by the Bureau reveals that at least a dozen brands of asparaginase, a key childhood cancer drug, have been proven to be poor quality, with ten…

Finalists for the 2022 Medical Journalists' Association Awards have been announced. Winners will be announced on September 15,

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