Medical News Today

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

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. It was acquired by Healthline Media in April 2016.

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. As of October 2019, it had a global ranking by Alexa of 869 and a United States ranking of 440.

Medical News Today said it used artificial intelligence to assist in generating article content in 2023-2025, although this claim has now been reversed.

References

  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". PRWeb. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  3. ↑ Alexa, Alexa. "medicalnewstoday.com Competitive Analysis". alexa.com. Alexa. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "How we use artificial intelligence". Archived from the original on 13 January 2025. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Our stance on artificial intelligence". Retrieved 5 April 2026.