Medical News Today

Summary

Medical News Today is a web-based outlet for medical information and news, targeted at both the general public and physicians. All posted content is available online (>250,000 articles as of January 2014), and the earliest available article dates from May 2003. The website was founded in 2003 by Alastair Hazell and Christian Nordqvist.[1] It was acquired by Healthline Media in April 2016.[2]

Medical News Today
Company typePrivate
Founded2003 (2003)
HeadquartersBrighton, East Sussex, UK
ProductsHealth news and information
ParentHealthline Media (Red Ventures)
Websitemedicalnewstoday.com

The business office for the site is located in Brighton, East Sussex, and a second office is maintained near Manchester. As of September 2019, it was the third most visited health site in the United States.[3] As of October 2019, it had a global ranking by Alexa of 869 and a United States ranking of 440.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Medical News Today". Alastair Hazell. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  2. ^ "Healthline Media Grows Digital Reach with Acquisition of #1 Website for Medical News Information". www.prweb.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  3. ^ PR Newswire, PR Newswire. "Healthline Media's Medical News Today Becomes #3 Health Media Site". PR Newswire (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. ^ Alexa, Alexa. "medicalnewstoday.com Competitive Analysis". alexa.com. Alexa. Retrieved 24 October 2019.[dead link]

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Kay Cunningham (September 26, 2005). "Health and Medical News on the Web: Comparing the Results of News-Providing Web Resources". Medical Reference Services Quarterly. 24 (4): 17–40. doi:10.1300/J115v24n04_02. ISSN 0276-3869. PMID 16203699. Retrieved 2009-01-13.