There is so much general health information online, so how can you make yours different? Here are six simple strategies for creating unique content about common topics.
Black pioneers in medical writing
February is Black History Month in America. It’s a month where the achievements of Black pioneers are celebrated and their struggles acknowledged. This post highlights the immense contribution African-Americans have brought to the medical writing profession.
6 tips to help you write clearly about COVID-19
To alleviate pandemic-related anxiety, aim to provide clear, factual communication that supports health literacy.
Writing about controversial health topics: Achieving a fair and balanced approach
How do you ensure your writing is fair and balanced? Here’s what you need to know if you’re writing about controversial health topics.
How to write effective subheadings for your health content
Subheadings are essential for structure and readability. Here’s how to write effective subheadings that engage your readers and promote literacy.
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Checklist
Do you want best-practice strategies for addressing vaccine hesitancy? This checklist captures essential evidence-based techniques for communicating clearly about vaccination.
Effective public health messaging: Lessons from the pandemic
What lessons can we learn from the public health messaging in the last year? Here’s what behavioural research shows us about how people respond to public health messages.
Managing infodemics: Lessons from the WHO
From October to December 2020, more than 5000 invited participants consulted through dialogues, workshops and webinars to identify challenges and solutions to the COVID-19 infodemic.
Combatting infodemics: Here’s how health communicators can help
In addition to public health agencies, health communicators also have a responsibility to help combat infodemics related to health. So, how can we help?
How to stay focused and organise your research
Avoid the lure of rabbit holes.
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: How to convey accurate information
Re-examining vaccine hesitancy in light of the current pandemic.
Racism is a public health problem: Here’s how health writers can talk about it
Hafsa Abdirahman discusses the toll of COVID-19 on Black and Brown communities and the lessons health writers can learn from it.
A medical writer’s skillset
Want to be a health and medical writer? Discover the essential skills you need – and learn how to develop those you don’t yet have.
My first successful pitch: A beginner writer’s story
Marwa Saleh published her first article, about COVID-19 and burnout, in a Harvard Medical School blog called Lean Forward. Here’s how that happened.
COVID-19 and the rush to publish: How to find reliable research
As health writers, we have to do our due diligence to ensure we are citing reliable and scientifically accurate sources.