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medicalnewstoday.com

Category: Health, News

Scanned: Jun 2, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC · First seen: Jun 2, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
93 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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https://medicalnewstoday.com
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22 years
Very Popular - #2,047 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Paris, France
Unknown
Next.js
3.165.136.105
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar GoDaddy Corporate Domains, LLC
Registered November 5, 2003
Expires November 5, 2026
Name Servers NS-1089.AWSDNS-08.ORG
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting AWS CloudFront (GLOBAL)
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
20 files scanned
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www.medicalnewstoday.com/anxiety 453.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/ad-policy 111.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/LGBTQIA 378.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/alzheimers-and-dementia 268.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/# 600.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/about/additional-information 101.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/about/conscious-language 110.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/about/content-integrity 112.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/about/privacy-policy 98.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.medicalnewstoday.com/about/health-medicare-state-coverage 715.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
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www.medicalnewstoday.com.http-redirect 100 B No threats
gtm-server.healthline.com/ns.html?id=GTM-MB6365D 266 B No threats
client.aps.amazon-adsystem.com/publisher.js 358.1 KB No threats
rvo-cohesion.medicalnewstoday.com/cohesion/cohesion-tpo.min.js?cDomain=medicalnewstoday.com 116.2 KB No threats
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External Links & Domains
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Referenced Domains
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journals.lww.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.elsa-project.ac.ukFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1%3D2&amp%3Bc2%3D38584006&amp%3Bcv%3D3.9&amp%3Bcj%3D1&amp%3Bcomscorekw%3DmainNot flagged
http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1%3D2&amp%3Bc2%3D38584006&amp%3Bcv%3D3.9&amp%3Bcj%3D1&amp%3Bcomscorekw%3DnutritionNot flagged
http://healthline.com/health/medicare/medicare-part-bNot flagged
http://medicalnewstoday.com/600Not flagged
http://medicalnewstoday.com/about:blankNot flagged
http://medicalnewstoday.com/enNot flagged
http://medicalnewstoday.com/javascript:Not flagged
http://medicalnewstoday.com/program/a-closer-look-at-ankylosing-spondylitisNot flagged
http://medicalnewstoday.com/program/a-deeper-look-at-psoriasisNot flagged
http://medicalnewstoday.com/program/exploring-rheumatoid-arthritisNot flagged
http://medicalnewstoday.com/program/taking-a-deeper-look-at-mbcNot flagged
https://aacihealthcare.com/certificates/c143-2-2021-trust-usa/Not flagged
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024EF005629Not flagged
https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/53079/retrieveNot flagged
https://assets.medicalnewstoday.com/_next/fcd44526-a1fe-413e-93af-50dac0ab8dc0/mnt/3648.jsNot flagged
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journals.lww.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.elsa-project.ac.ukFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
988lifeline.orgNot flagged
aacihealthcare.comNot flagged
academic.oup.comNot flagged
adaa.orgNot flagged
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNot flagged
ajcn.nutrition.orgNot flagged
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNot flagged
apjcn.nhri.org.twNot flagged
apps.who.intNot flagged
ascopubs.orgNot flagged
assets.medicalnewstoday.comNot flagged
autoimmunediseases.imedpub.comNot flagged
b.scorecardresearch.comNot flagged
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<iframe title%3D"GTM-noscript" src%3D"https://gtm-server.healthline.com/ns.html?id%3DGTM-MB6365D" style%3D"display:none%3Bvisibility:hidden%3Bwidth:0%3Bheight:0">Not flagged
medicalnewstoday.com Overview

Description of medicalnewstoday.com

MedicalNewsToday appears to be a long-running health news and medical information website focused on reporting, explainers, and condition-specific educational content. The homepage and metadata indicate coverage of health conditions, medical research, treatments, screening, and wellness topics, with article-based navigation and editorial sections such as featured stories and latest news.

Based on the domain name, page title, and classification data, the site appears to operate in the Health & Medical News space rather than as a clinic, pharmacy, or online store. The content structure, policy pages, reviewer information, and high web popularity ranking suggest an established editorial publishing platform serving readers looking for consumer-friendly health information and updates on medical studies.

Safety Assessment for medicalnewstoday.com

The available scan data is broadly reassuring. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 91 security engines detected malicious activity, and the domain was not listed by the checked blacklist and threat-database sources. Multiple web-classification providers categorized the site as health-related, which is consistent with the visible content and branding.

One malware scan produced a generic "suspicious" result across multiple article and policy URLs, and two referenced external domains were associated with generic suspicious-object labels. However, these findings appear to be low-confidence heuristic signals rather than corroborated malware detections, especially given the absence of multi-engine detections, the clean blacklist status, the age of the domain, and the established editorial appearance of the site.

The domain has been registered for more than two decades, has a strong popularity ranking, and presents as a legitimate health-information publisher rather than a phishing or scam page. Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued for Amazon infrastructure, with hosting delivered through AWS CloudFront. DNS points to AWS nameservers, and the observed server IP resolves to CloudFront edge infrastructure. This setup is common for large content publishers that use a content delivery network for performance and availability.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not unusual but means DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major infrastructure-level security issues were evident from the provided data. The main technical caution is the presence of generic heuristic scan flags on some pages and referenced domains, though these were not supported by broader engine consensus at the time of this scan.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://medicalnewstoday.com/
200 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/
Website Insights
#2,047
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Health, News
Rank History (30 days)
Apr 27 Jun 2
3 cookies detected
Essential3
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
3 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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