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===Rejecting cookies restricts site access===

Like many websites, Healthline asks for cookies upon accessing the site. Upon clicking on "Reject All", the user is taken to a "Anon" page which includes only 10 articles. On the same page they expain their reasoning:<blockquote>We believe that health information should be free to everyone and we rely on advertising to make this possible on our family of websites Healthline, Medical News Today, Greatist, and Psych Central. Providing the best health information in the world is expensive. We spend up to thousands of dollars per article to ensure it is accurate and precise with quality review by a doctor or other certified, trained medical professional.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healthline |url=https://anon.healthline.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260106172359/https://anon.healthline.com/ |archive-date=2026-01-06 |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Healthline}}</ref> </blockquote>

Like many websites, Healthline asks for [[Web cookie|cookies]] upon accessing the site. Upon clicking on "Reject All", the user is taken to a "Anon" page which includes only 10 articles. On the same page they expain their reasoning:<blockquote>We believe that health information should be free to everyone and we rely on advertising to make this possible on our family of websites Healthline, Medical News Today, Greatist, and Psych Central. Providing the best health information in the world is expensive. We spend up to thousands of dollars per article to ensure it is accurate and precise with quality review by a doctor or other certified, trained medical professional.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healthline |url=https://anon.healthline.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260106172359/https://anon.healthline.com/ |archive-date=2026-01-06 |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Healthline}}</ref> </blockquote>

===Publishing misinformation===<!--somebody with medical knowledge please fill this up

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 ===Rejecting cookies restricts site access===
-Like many websites, Healthline asks for cookies upon accessing the site. Upon clicking on "Reject All", the user is taken to a "Anon" page which includes only 10 articles. On the same page they expain their reasoning:<blockquote>We believe that health information should be free to everyone and we rely on advertising to make this possible on our family of websites Healthline, Medical News Today, Greatist, and Psych Central. Providing the best health information in the world is expensive. We spend up to thousands of dollars per article to ensure it is accurate and precise with quality review by a doctor or other certified, trained medical professional.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healthline |url=https://anon.healthline.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260106172359/https://anon.healthline.com/ |archive-date=2026-01-06 |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Healthline}}</ref> </blockquote>
+Like many websites, Healthline asks for [[Web cookie|cookies]] upon accessing the site. Upon clicking on "Reject All", the user is taken to a "Anon" page which includes only 10 articles. On the same page they expain their reasoning:<blockquote>We believe that health information should be free to everyone and we rely on advertising to make this possible on our family of websites Healthline, Medical News Today, Greatist, and Psych Central. Providing the best health information in the world is expensive. We spend up to thousands of dollars per article to ensure it is accurate and precise with quality review by a doctor or other certified, trained medical professional.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Healthline |url=https://anon.healthline.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260106172359/https://anon.healthline.com/ |archive-date=2026-01-06 |access-date=2026-01-06 |website=Healthline}}</ref> </blockquote>
 ===Publishing misinformation===<!--somebody with medical knowledge please fill this up