Health Studies: News
Health News
Scanning recent news can be a great way of coming up with ideas for paper topics or getting a sense of the kinds of issues facing health professionals.
NPR Health
NY Times Health
Trustworthy news sources
No news source gets everything right 100% of the time and is completely free of bias. Here are some characteristics of the best news sources.
- Practice fact-based journalism grounded in professional ethics
- Clearly separate opinion (editorial) and news stories
Examples of trustworthy news sources:
- New York Times (center-left perspective)
- Wall Street Journal (center-right perspective)
- Al-Jazeera and BBC (international perspective)
Sources for checking the media bias of news sources: