Editorial Methodology and Medical Review Process

Editorial Standards

• Every substantive claim must map to a primary source or clearly cited secondary source.
• Time-sensitive outbreak counts are date-stamped and revised when official numbers change.
• Drafts are validated before publication and promoted only after source and quality checks.
• Medical framing avoids diagnosis language and does not replace clinical care.

Cross-Platform Discoverability Controls

• Canonical URLs, sitemaps, and news/topic sitemap routes identify indexable pages.
• JSON-LD matches visible page content so rich-result and AI extraction systems receive truthful context.
• Robots directives allow major search and AI crawlers on public content while keeping internal API and admin routes out of indexes.

Medical Review Workflow

• Source retrieval from WHO, CDC, ECDC, PAHO, peer-reviewed literature, and clearly attributed AP/Reuters context reporting.
• Claim extraction and conflict checks against source text.
• Draft generation with SEO metadata and FAQ schema.
• Validation checks for source integrity, duplication, and policy constraints.
• Publication, sitemap refresh, indexing pings, and post-publish QA.

Reviewer Profiles

Update Log

• 2026-05-20: Refreshed current-source references, source-ledger content, and SERP-driven internal reading paths across homepage, topics, timeline, FAQ, and trust pages.
• 2026-05-19: Added expanded sitemap architecture, llms.txt, and reviewed topic guide foundation.
• 2026-05-07: Added global structured data with organization graph, breadcrumb coverage, and topic/update schema controls.

Trust Documentation

• Editorial standards and publication policy
• Medical review process
• Source methodology and citation standards
• Author and reviewer profiles