FDA Teams Up With WebMD

New Partnership to Inform and Educate Tens of Millions of Americans


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and WebMD today (Dec. 3, 2009) announced a collaboration that expands consumers' access to the agency's timely and reliable important health information. WebMD, which attracts nearly 50 million unique visitors each month, provides consumers with credible and timely health news and information


The partnership includes:

· A new online consumer health information resource on WebMD.com
www.webmd.com/fda

· Cross-linked joint resource FDA's Consumer Updates
www.fda.gov/consumer

· The FDA contributions to WebMD The Magazine: FDA Consumer Updates will also be featured at least three times a year in WebMD's bimonthly magazine, which reaches nearly nine million consumers. The magazine is distributed to physician office waiting rooms across the country.