Science Editor
Hannah Flynn is Science Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). She also works for Medical News Today as a fact checker, and for the NHS campaign Keep Our NHS Public. Together with her fellow BioNews editors Dr Joanne Delange and Jen Willows, she runs the BioNews writing scheme, which provides practical science writing training and experience for PhD students.
Hannah has been a health journalist for a decade and has worked as a reporter for Chemist+Druggist and the Nursing Standard, covering policy and clinical news. Bylines include various trade publications as well as Vice, Ars Technica, TES and the Guardian. She has also worked with charities and non-profit organisations including the Royal National Institute of Blind People, the Children's Society, the Institute of Physics and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. She originally studied Biology at the University of Manchester, and went on to study journalism at Cardiff University.
North East London Clinical Commissioning Group is consulting on introducing a single fertility policy that will provide eligible patients three rounds of NHS-funded IVF, increasing access in some areas...
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is considering ways gamete donor anonymity laws could be changed, as the advent of straight-to-consumer genetic testing has 'thrown into question' the assumption of anonymity...
While viruses and vaccines are not typical topics for a genetics and assisted reproduction newsletter, the past two years have seen a shift in BioNews coverage to include various COVID-19-related developments...
Over $5 million has been awarded in compensatory and punitive damages to a woman in the USA, whose doctor inseminated her with his own sperm...
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has revealed in a letter that three-year visas will be made available to surrogates in Ukraine pregnant via British citizens...
Genes that could be involved in heart development have been identified using a method that looks for candidate genes not solely expressed in heart tissue.
Genomic surveillance of the COVID-19 epidemic in England has cast light how different variants of SARS-CoV-2 spread in the population since autumn 2020...
Researchers have discovered the earliest known effect of the Huntingtin gene variant which causes Huntington's disease...
Scientists have described a method to create cartilage from human embryonic stem cells...
Genetic testing could prove useful for determining a diagnosis and prognosis for people with epilepsy, attendees at the European Society of Human Genetics conference heard...
