Medical News Today

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Medical News Today
Type Private
Founded2003 (2003)
Headquarters Brighton, East Sussex, UK
ProductsHealth news and information
Parent Healthline Media (Red Ventures)
Website medicalnewstoday.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. [1] It was acquired by Healthline Media in April 2016. [2]

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]

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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". 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.
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