The Medical Journalists' Association (abbreviated MJA) is a professional association for

medical journalist Medical journalism is news reporting (as opposed to peer-review publication) of medical news and features. Medical journalism is diverse, and reflects its audience. The main division is into (1) medical journalism for the general public, which incl ...

s in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1967 and held its first meeting on 1 February of that year in

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, a famous pub on

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. As of 2015, it had over 475 members, each of whom were medical writers, health writers, broadcasters, or editors. Every year, the MJA awards its Medical Journalists' Association Awards to recognize extraordinary examples of medical and health journalism. These awards are broken up across 17 categories, the most prestigious of which is the prize for "Outstanding Achievement". Occasionally, the association also honours specific distinguished individuals in the field of medical journalism with a Lifetime Achievement Award; past recipients have included

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, and Jonathan Miller.

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