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The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The overall verdict: The internet has been a plus for society and an especially good thing for individual users
Our national survey finds that seven-in-ten (72%) adult internet users say they have searched online for information about a range of health issues, the most popular being specific diseases and treatments.
At the 19th International AIDS Conference, Susannah Fox shared a social history of the internet – our national story and her grandmother’s story.
How one man became the chief of a tribe he didn’t know existed, thanks to the internet.
Why do some people look online for health information while others do not?
Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done – lend a hand, lend an ear, lend advice – but at internet speed and at internet scale.
Susannah Fox presented the Project’s latest findings on how mobile access is affecting health and health care.
Susannah Fox presented Pew Internet’s latest research on peer-to-peer healthcare and mobile access.
Food safety, drug safety, and pregnancy information are among eight new topics included in our survey, which finds that 80% of internet users gather health information online.
The online health-information environment is going mobile, particularly among younger adults.
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