The Lancet is a world-leading, peer-reviewed general medical journal that publishes a broad range of high-quality scientific research, clinical reviews, and authoritative commentary across all aspects of human health. Established in 1823, it serves as a critical platform for disseminating breakthrough medical discoveries, evaluating the efficacy of clinical interventions, and addressing pressing global health challenges such as infectious diseases, oncology, neurology, and cardiology. Beyond clinical medicine, the journal extensively covers social determinants of health, medical ethics, and public policy, often advocating for evidence-based improvements in healthcare systems and international health equity. Through its core weekly publication and its family of specialised monthly journals, The Lancet aims to bridge the gap between rigorous scientific inquiry and practical application, providing clinicians, researchers, and policymakers with the data necessary to influence health outcomes on a global scale.

Designed as a news magazine written for upscale readers who have a high degree of intelligence and critical capacity and are interested in contemporary trends in finance, politics, the arts, literature, books, cuisine, public and foreign affairs, science and technology, culture, food and travel. Editorial content is aimed at the serious reader and is comprised of reflective pieces and non-fiction that provide different perspectives on what is occurring in contemporary society. The magazine was founded as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, MA, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets, and encouraging major careers. It published leading writers' commentary on abolition, education, and other major issues in contemporary political affairs. The magazine's founders were a group of prominent writers of national reputation, who included Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., John Greenleaf Whittier and James Russell Lowell. Lowell was its first editor.

Kaiser Health News launched in early 2009. It is an independent news service that focuses on the nation's healthcare system and related political and policy issues. The news service provides in-depth stories on developments, initiatives and debates in the healthcare system. In addition to reporting, the news service features columns, video, graphics and multimedia elements. News content is also provided online.

STAT News covers health, medicine and life science news. In specific it offers coverage on the business of making medicines, health tech, science, and public health.

Medscape was created for medical specialists, primary care physicians, and health professionals and offers medical news, clinical trial information, review articles, journal commentary, expert columns, patient education articles and book reviews. It also includes Web-based services for verifying insurance information, Medline and other search engines, as well as a physician directory enabling users to find physicians by practice, location or specialty.