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Jane Kirby

Jane Kirby is Health and Science Editor at PA Media, covering a range of health news from medical breakthroughs to Government policy. In this role, Jane has generated exclusive headlines including the UK's first womb transplant, a rise in children needing mental health help and a woman with no womb who had a baby against all the odds. Jane was previously a general reporter at PA but started her career on the Brighton Argus and as editor of the University of East Anglia's student newspaper.

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