The last five years have seen a leap in the development of information technology and
social media. Seeking health information online has become popular. It has been widely …

Background With widespread use of the internet and mobile devices, many people have
gained improved access to health-related information online for health promotion and …

Objective: During the past decade, the availability of health information online has increased
dramatically. We assessed progress toward the Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) health …

Background First detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic
stretched the medical system in Wuhan and posed a challenge to the state's risk …

As the United States expends extraordinary efforts toward the digitization of its health-care
system, and as policy makers across the globe look to information technology (IT) as a …

Background eHealth literacy is defined as the ability of people to use emerging information
and communications technologies to improve or enable health and health care. Objective …

Background The insurance mandate of the Affordable Care Act has increased the number of
people with health coverage in the United States. There is speculation that this increase in …

Background The Internet is one of the main resources of health information especially for
young adults, but website content is not always trustworthy or validated. Little is known about …

The second annual Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza Conference, which took place in
February 2007 in Arlington, Virginia, focused on recent progress in basic and clinical …

OBJECTIVE: Outlines the methods and measures commonly used to study active health
information seeking and prescribes important considerations in advancing the study of …