China’s malaria-free status offers crucial lessons for other areas

Special BMJ collection explores China's path to elimination and how it may inform strategies elsewhere, but experts warn that funding declines would reverse hard won gains China’s success in achieving malaria-free status in 2021 offers crucial lessons for the global malaria fight, say experts in a special collection of articles published by The ...

BMJ Investigations Unit empowers councils to challenge fast food planning decisions

An exclusive BMJ investigation has uncovered how McDonald’s is systematically undermining councils’ efforts to block new outlets—particularly in deprived areas of England, where rates of childhood obesity are alarmingly high. Based on freedom of information requests to the Planning Inspectorate, The BMJ found that McDonald’s has lodged 14 planning ...

2026-04-09T13:23:59+01:0014 April 2025|Corporate announcement, Our impact|

BMJ Group expands open access reach with new Read and Publish agreements

Global partnerships expand opportunities for researchers to maximise the impact of their work April 2025 — Global healthcare knowledge provider, BMJ Group, is expanding its open access reach by introducing new and renewed Read and Publish agreements for 2025, further reinforcing its ongoing support for enhancing global knowledge sharing. ...

openRxiv launch to sustain and expand preprint sharing in life and health sciences

Davis, California, 11 March, 2025–openRxiv has officially launched as an independent nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world's leading preprint servers for life and health sciences. openRxiv ensures that researchers worldwide can continue to share discoveries rapidly and openly. With a researcher-led governance model, openRxiv strengthens the foundation of ...

2025-03-11T15:30:49+00:0011 March 2025|Corporate announcement, Launch, Our impact, Partnership|

“Adaptability will be key to navigating new challenges” for the academic media sector, says Anca Babor, Director of Customer and Markets, Publishing, and Events

The academic media landscape is evolving, driven by digital platforms that speed research dissemination but amplify concerns over misinformation. Institutions and publishers must now prioritise digital excellence and peer reviewed content to safeguard academic and scholarly research integrity. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers great potential to enhance research workflows ...

2026-04-09T13:24:00+01:0010 March 2025|Corporate announcement, Partnership|

Transforming healthcare in India: driving disruptive innovation for better patient experience in secondary and tertiary care

Specialist roundtable on disruptive innovation in secondary and tertiary care in India Our partnerships and events team regularly host roundtables that bring together international experts to outline, discuss and direct the conversation toward overcoming common clinical challenges. We delivered a specialist roundtable in New Delhi with senior leaders to ...

2026-04-09T13:24:01+01:005 March 2025|Corporate announcement, Events, Our impact, Partnership|

Adolescent girls in South Asia face an “alarming state of health and nutrition” experts warn

Join the launch event - 9.30am Tuesday 4 March   New BMJ collection calls for bold action to empower girls and advance gender equality to achieve lasting change Adolescent girls across South Asia face an alarming state of health and nutrition from persistent undernutrition and anaemia alongside a rapid ...

2026-04-09T13:24:02+01:0024 February 2025|Collection, Corporate announcement, Launch, The BMJ|
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