About The Daily Readout
The day's health news, read out plainly.
The Daily Readout reports health news from published research, health agencies and public records, and reads it out plainly: what was found, who found it, and what it does and does not show.
Health news moves fast and is often written from the press release. We go to the paper, the dataset or the agency notice, and tell you what it says in a few minutes of reading.
What we cover
- Health: the day's health news.
- Sleep: research and regulation on sleep and what people take for it.
- Food: what we eat and drink, and what the research says about it.
- Mind: stress, mood, focus and mental health.
- Body: fitness, skin, hormones and the everyday body.
- Science: new studies, explained.
Who writes it
James Harlow is news editor. He has spent his career on health and science desks and edits every story before it runs.
Maya Collins is a health reporter covering sleep, supplements and the research behind the products people buy.
How we are funded
The Daily Readout may earn money from advertising and from partner content. Partner content is always labelled as sponsored, sits apart from our reporting and never appears on our front page. No advertiser reviews or approves our stories before they run.
Where to go next
Read our editorial standards to see how we source and correct stories, or contact the newsroom with a tip or a correction.