HealthGuard's ratings help users know which health news and medical information websites to trust.

Latest Version

Version
5.6.5
Update
July 30, 2024
Size
1.56MiB
Developer
newsguardtech.com
Category
Users
1,000+
Rating
4.76471 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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HealthGuard Extension

HealthGuard, a service of NewsGuard, helps you identify trustworthy sources of health news and information as you browse the web — and warns you when you encounter links to sites with unreliable health or medical information.

A team of trained HealthGuard analysts has reviewed and rated hundreds of health and medical news and information sites, assessing each site based on nine journalistic criteria. Generally credible sites get a “Green” rating, meaning they adhere to basic standards of accuracy and transparency. Sites that publish health misinformation such as unproven treatments or bogus medical studies are flagged with a “Red” rating, meaning you should read them with a grain of salt.

Even if you find information on health sites that HealthGuard has identified as generally trustworthy, it’s always a good idea to talk to your doctor about any issues, rather than trusting information you find online. Even accurate information may apply differently to different patients, and there’s no substitute for years of medical training and expertise. The internet should not be your doctor, and neither is HealthGuard.

Instead, think of HealthGuard as a trusty sidekick to keep you away from untrustworthy health advice, and to point you toward more trustworthy sources, as you browse the web.

HealthGuard is for personal use only. Any commercial use of HealthGuard is strictly prohibited by the NewsGuard Terms of Service.

https://www.newsguardtech.com/terms-of-service/
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Source Manifest.json

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User reviews

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Adolfo Grosso (ID: 000000d1e70855d9) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/19/2021 It asks me for an access code, and I don't know how to get it, without that code it won't work.

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Mateja Keber (ID: 000000b2725600d7) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 04/21/2021 High quality help in identifying misinformation about covid-19 and vaccines.

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Daniela Czem (ID: 000000aecf893fbe) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 03/01/2021 Incredibly useful for finding misinformation! It's really easy to navigate, and metrics used are transparently displayed!

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Labbé Raphaël (ID: 0000007c899528f0) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/07/2021 Thanks a lot to help chrome user to be protected against bad and non qualitative website.

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Jackie Roehl (ID: 000000162fd74043) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 02/06/2021 This extension is so important. Educators really need to know about this tool since they struggle to teach misinformation in this political climate.