Awards

Online Journalism Awards

Winner of the Specialty Site Journalism award.

Webby Awards

People's Voice Winner, Health category.

Telly Awards

• Film/Video Silver Winner for WebMD's "Truth About" video series.
• Film/Video Silver Winner for WebMD's "Truth About Wrinkles" video.

World Wide Web Health Awards

• Gold medal in the Advertising/Marketing Information category for WebMD.
• Gold medal in the Health Promotion/Disease and Injury Prevention category for WebMD.
• Gold medal in the Patient Education Information category for WebMD.
• Award of Merit in the Miscellaneous/Professional category for Medscape.

Webby Awards

People's Voice Winner, Health category.

The Society of Professional Journalists:

First Place in the category Deadline Reporting for the WebMD news story "CDC: Everyone to get HIV Test."

National Association of Black Journalists Awards

Best New Media Commentary for the WebMD blog Tanzania Travels, written by WebMD editor Cherie Berkley.

TIME.com's 25 Sites We Can't Live Without

WebMD named among the most indispensable web sites.

Forbes Best of the Web

WebMD named among the top health information sites in 2007.

Consumer Reports WebWatch

WebMD named among the top health information sites in 2007.

PC Magazine's Top 100 Classic Web Sites

WebMD named one of the best Science and Nature sites.

WebWare 100 Awards

WebMD named one of the top reference web sites.

Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award

WebMD received the award for its market leading Personal Health Record (PHR)

The Society of Professional Journalists

• Best Deadline Reporting for the WebMD news story, "Scientists in Desperate Race with Bird Flu."
• Best Non-Deadline Reporting for the WebMD Special Report "Anorexia: Crossing the Thin Line."

Freddie Awards

• Finalist in the category Sleep for five-part video series on sleep.
• Finalist in the category Stroke & Heart Disease: "Stroke Education is a Beautiful Thing"

Consumer Reports WebWatch

WebMD and MedicineNet named among the best online diet sites in 2006.

Consumer Directed Health Care Conference

• Best Web Site for Consumer Health Information
• Best of Show

The Society of Professional Journalists

First Place in the category Non-Deadline Reporting for the WebMD Special Report "Wired Health: At Your Fingertips."

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' MORE Award

Consumer Print Journalism: National Magazine category for "Boomeritis," in WebMD Magazine

Mr. Magazine's 30 Most Notable Launches

WebMD the Magazine named one of the year's most notable launches by Samir "Mr. Magazine" Husni, Ph.D.

Consumer Reports WebWatch

"Excellent" rating for credibility and reliability.

e-Healthcare Leadership Awards

A Platinum Medal for "Best Overall Site for Consumer General Health."

Consumer Directed Health Care Conference

Best Web Site for Consumer Health Information

TRUSTe and The Ponemon Institute

Named WebMD the #1 trusted company for privacy in the healthcare industry

The Society of Professional Journalists

First Place in the category Non-Deadline Reporting for the WebMD Special Report "What's Happening to Our Kids."

The World Wide Web Health Awards

• A Silver Medal in the category of Patient Education Information for WebMD's Symptom Checker.
• A Bronze Medal in the category of Health Promotion/Disease Prevention for "Talking to Your Teen."

e-Healthcare Leadership Awards

• A Gold Medal for "Best Health Content."
• A Silver Medal for "Best Overall Internet Site."

TRUSTe Award

Consumers and experts polled by TRUSTe, the leading Internet privacy watchdog, rank WebMD in the top 10 companies trusted for privacy and respected for its online privacy programs.

PC Magazine

PC Magazine names WebMD as one of the top 10 search, reference, and portal sites of the year.

The World Wide Web Health Awards

A Bronze Medal in the category of Media/Publishing for WebMD Health

The 2003 International Health and Medical Media Awards

• Finalist in the category of Nutrition for the WebMD Weight Loss Clinic, an interactive weight loss program.
• Finalist in the category of Infectious Diseases for the WebMD Special Report "SARS: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome."

The 2002 International Health and Medical Media Awards

• First Place in the category of Allergies & Asthma for "Breathe Free," an interactive education program.
• Finalist in the category of Communications for the WebMD News Center's ongoing health and medical coverage.
• Finalist in the category of Community Health for the WebMD special report "Anthrax: The Facts You Need."
• Finalist in the category of Coping for the WebMD post-9/11 special report "A Path to Healing."

The Wall Street Journal awards WebMD Four Stars for "Anthrax: The Facts You Need."

The Health Improvement Institute gives WebMD its WebMD its Aesculapius Award Of Excellence in Health Communications.

The Online Journalism Association/Columbia Graduate School of Journalism recognizes WebMD's news series "Jeff's Story," about surviving brain cancer, for excellence in enterprise journalism.

The Society of Professional Journalists gives WebMD two Green Eyeshade Awards:

• First Place for Online Non-Deadline Reporting: "End of the Beginning: Human Genome Project Marches On," by Neil Osterweil
• Second Place for Online Deadline Reporting: "FDA Approval of RU-486," by Sean Martin

The American Medical Writers Association grants the Frances Larsen Award to WebMD for the news story "Stem Cells Ignite Scientific Inquiry," by Neil Osterweil.

The Arthritis Foundation awards WebMD two regional CECIL Awards:

• For Breaking News on the FDA approval of Remicade
• For News on a new treatment for children with rheumatoid arthritis

Yahoo! Internet Life votes WebMD one of the "50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites."

PC World votes WebMD "Best of the Web."

The New York Times Tech Columnist ranks WebMD "Favorite Health Site" in comments featured on the Martha Stewart Living television program.

The American Diabetes Association online cites WebMD for "impressive, hard-hitting analysis" of health issues.