What Is Healio and Who Is It For?

Healio is a medical news, education, and information site aimed at physicians and other health care professionals. Its content is organized by specialty and topic, and it combines daily news with clinical guidance and CME (continuing medical education) offerings. If you are a clinician looking for specialty-specific updates, meeting coverage, or education credits, Healio is built for that use. If you are a patient or general reader, the site's framing and depth assume a professional audience.

What Healio covers

The site describes itself as "Medical news, education and information for physicians and health care professionals, presented by specialty and topic." Its homepage surfaces several content types:

• Headline News — short, dated news items, typically marked with a read time (for example, "3 min read").
• Meeting News — coverage tied to professional conferences, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition.
• Podcasts — audio content listed alongside news and columns.
• Columns — opinion or analysis pieces.
• Resources — collections such as a special report on U.S. health care policy.
• Job Opportunities — a career section.

Articles carry dates and read-time estimates, and each has a "Save" option, which suggests a logged-in or account-based reading experience for bookmarking.

Which specialties it covers

Healio organizes content by specialty. The specialty list shown on the site includes:

There is also an "All Specialties" option, so you can browse across fields rather than committing to one.

What the news looks like in practice

Recent headline examples give a sense of the editorial range — from public health misinformation to drug approvals to clinical research:

• "HHS claim fueled misinformation about Tylenol, autism on TikTok" — a study presented in San Diego finding that TikTok videos with misinformation about acetaminophen and autism received more views than evidence-based posts after federal officials claimed a link.
• "Jaypirca approval expanded to include treatment-naive CLL, small lymphocytic lymphoma" — a regulatory approval item.
• "Fasting duration minimally affects most routine blood tests" — a clinical practice finding.
• "Serologic immunity to hepatitis A, B 'remains suboptimal' among US adults" — a population health item.
• "Cychlorphine — a synthetic opioid 'up to 10 times more potent than fentanyl' — on the rise" — a public health alert.

These are short-form items rather than deep original research papers, and they point to studies, approvals, or conference presentations.

Free CME and email updates

The site's own title includes "Free CME," so continuing education is a stated part of the offering. It also promotes a "Healio Minute" email newsletter, with a signup field and a "Manage email subscriptions" option. Subscribing to the newsletter is presented separately from any paid access.

Subscriptions and access

Healio's pricing signals are limited: the site links to a "Newspaper and Journal Subscriptions" page at healio.com/subscribe. That indicates some content or publications may sit behind a subscription, but the site does not state here which articles are free and which require payment, or what a subscription costs. Treat the news and CME pages as the free-facing surface and check the subscribe page directly if you need a specific journal or newspaper.

Who should use it

• Physicians and health care professionals — the primary audience, especially those who want specialty-filtered news and CME.
• Trainees and residents — useful for conference coverage and quick clinical updates.
• Researchers and science communicators — helpful for tracking approvals, conference presentations, and policy developments.
• Patients or caregivers — not the intended audience; the content assumes clinical context and does not simplify for a lay reader.

How to get started

1. Open healio.com and use the specialty selector to narrow to your field.
2. Browse Headline News for dated, short items, or Meeting News for conference coverage.
3. Use the Save button on items you want to return to (this may require an account).
4. Sign up for the Healio Minute email if you want updates pushed to you.
5. Visit healio.com/subscribe if you need a specific newspaper or journal and want to check access terms.

Healio is produced by Healio and the Wyanoke Group.