Researching health topics in the news
Patients can get important information about health and medical research from the television, radio, or news sources such as the BBC or newspapers. This may impact what they ask for from their health providers as well as decisions about their health and lifestyle like whether to get vaccinated or ask for a GP appointment.
It can be important to understand and document how health and medical research is reported in the popular press. Some of this content will be freely available on news websites but the majority will only be accessible in archives.
The Library offers subscription access to a few of these news archives:
- Box of Broadcasts (BoB) This link opens in a new window
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Box of Broadcasts (BoB) offers archival access to over 75 free-to-air TV and radio channels such as the BBC radio & television, ITV and more.
Logging into BoB will allow you to watch documentaries and news programmes on a certain date in time or to search those programmes using keywords. - Global Newsstream This link opens in a new windowGlobal Newsstream enables users to search the most recent global news content across 3,500 newspapers and news websites, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s. Titles include the Guardian, The Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Daily Mail.
