To evaluate whether health information you’ve found online is reliable, you can consider its sources, evaluate it for bias, and check it against what trustworthy sources are saying on the topic.

Reliable health information online uses high quality, recent, peer-reviewed research. People should look for balanced information and site transparency and avoid websites that use sensationalism or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman looking at cell phone. Should you share that health-related Instagram post? (Catherine McQueen/Moment via Getty Images) In ...

Health advice abounds on social media. It can come in many forms: patients sharing tips in online forums, videos with people who say they’re health professionals, paid posts and testimonials from ...

Share on Pinterest A behavioral scientist shares tips on how to make sure we are arming ourselves against health misinformation. Image credit: Anna Berkut/Stocksy. Recent surveys and analyses suggest ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. A pair of Massachusetts researchers is testing ...

Changes to federal health websites have raised concerns about their reliability. These independent sources offer an alternative. By Teddy Rosenbluth Soon after President Donald J. Trump took office ...

To accomplish its mission of increasing the health security of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that it "conducts critical science and provides health information" to ...

In today's digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or medical information. In addition to actively searching online, they often come across health-related information on social ...