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presentationMay 3, 2013

Public Relations in the Networked Age: The new information ecosystem of e-patients

Lee Rainie will discuss the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project’s latest research on how people get, share and create information in the digital age. Rainie will also discuss the Project’s specific findings on the rise of e-pati…
reportApr 23, 2013

Must-read: Adding up diagnosis errors

With diagnosis errors in the news, is it any wonder that 35% of U.S. adults go online to get a jump on it before they see a clinician?
reportApr 8, 2013

Veteran Internet Use and Engagement With Health Information Online

New analysis compares veterans of the U.S. military with non-veterans, revealing differences in internet access and interest in certain health topics.
reportApr 4, 2013

Majority Now Supports Legalizing Marijuana

Report For the first time in more than four decades of polling on the issue, a majority of Americans favor legalizing the use of marijuana. A national survey finds that 52% say that the use of marijuana should be made legal while 45% say it should not. Support for legalizing marijuana has risen 11 points […]
reportMar 20, 2013

Tracking for Health: Detailed Demographics

New demographic tables for the “Tracking for Health” study: who tracks what, how and how often, and what impact it has on their lives.
reportFeb 25, 2013

How many people use “ask a doctor” sites?

An estimate of how many people go online to seek a doctor’s opinion about something, such as on an “ask a doctor” site (hint: a fraction of a subgroup).
reportFeb 19, 2013

A mirror and a window

How were you first introduced to the Pew Research Center? Do you share our research with other people? If so, how?
reportFeb 12, 2013

The Internet and Health

An infographic summing up key findings from Internet and health reports.
reportFeb 11, 2013

2012 Health Survey Data

We posted a preliminary version of the September 2012 health survey data.
reportFeb 1, 2013

The Contraception Mandate and Religious Liberty

On Feb. 1, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released new rules for how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate applies to religious nonprofits, including houses of worship, schools and hospitals. Church-state law scholars Ira C. Lupu and Robert Tuttle explain the new rules and the legal arguments that religious groups might make.