Science Issues

The internet provides access not only to information, but also to each other, and Pew Internet’s research documents how this has transformed the health communications landscape over the last 10 years.

Peer-to-peer healthcare is a way for people to do what they have always done - lend a hand, lend an ear, lend advice - but at internet speed and at internet scale.

The internet provides access not only to information, but also to each other, and this has transformed the health communications landscape over the last 10 years.

How the internet is transforming health communications by providing us with access to information and each other.

A 58%-majority say it is essential that the U.S. continue to be a world leader in space exploration

Fifty years after the first American manned space flight, nearly six-in-ten say it is essential that the U.S. continue to be a world leader in space exploration and a majority say it has been a good investment for the country.

Is "peer-to-peer healthcare" an idea whose time has come? Evidence and recent examples.

The online conversation about health is being driven forward by two forces: 1) the availability of social tools and 2) the motivation, especially among people living with chronic conditions, to connect with each other.

As gas prices soar, many Americans pin the blame on greed or a push for higher profits among oil companies, speculators and oil-producing nations. About three-in-ten (31%) offer a variation on this theme – greed, oil companies or speculation – when asked what they think is the main reason gasoline prices have gone up recently, […]

Lee Rainie discusses e-patients and their online behavior