Healio Wins One APEX Grand Award, Six Total for Publication Excellence

July 07, 2026

Thorofare, NJ – Healio was presented with six prestigious APEX awards, including a coveted Grand Award. This recognition builds on Healio’s enduring track record of excellence.

APEX Awards recognize excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence in 13 main categories and 100 subcategories. Among these, submissions are considered for both Awards of Excellence and Grand Awards. This year, the competitive awards program received over 1,000 entries.

“Our editorial, design, and marketing teams work tirelessly to serve the medical community,” said Matthew Holland, Chief Operating Officer, Healio. “The continued recognition from the APEX Awards is a testament to the hard work and dedication of these teams. Congratulations to all recipients on this well-deserved achievement.”

The six APEX Awards include:

• Drug Lookup: Campaigns, Programs & Plans – Grand Award; Healio Clinical Guidance Staff

• “After daughter’s ordeal, mom publishes warning about potential dangers of water beads” (February 2025); Writing (Feature Writing) – Award of Excellence; Sara Kellner, Online Content Editor, Healio Pediatrics

• “Measles outbreaks raise ‘difficult ethical question’: Turn away unvaccinated patients?” (April 2025); Writing (Interviews & Personal Profiles) – Award of Excellence; Emma Bascom, Staff Writer, Features, Healio Primary Care and Women’s Health

• “An intricate issue’: The cardiometabolic costs of poor sleep” (September 2025); Writing (Writing Series) – Award of Excellence; Scott Buzby, Online Managing Editor, Healio Cardiology

• “Yelling, cursing, spitting, threats: Incivility toward clinicians a real danger” (June 2025); Writing/Topics (Mental Health & Wellness) – Award of Excellence; Josh Friedman, Senior Staff Writer, Healio Hematology/Oncology

• “Societies take stand against off-brand GLP-1s over safety concerns” (March 2025); Current Events & Trending Topics (Health & Medical) – Award of Excellence; Michael Monostra, Online Content Editor, Healio Endocrinology

“I am incredibly proud of our team’s daily dedication to delivering top-tier news and education for health care professionals,” said John Schoen, Vice President of News & Initiatives at Healio. “APEX’s continued recognition across so many different categories highlights our team’s daily drive to provide high-quality medical education. They earned this honor.”

For more information, visit Healio.com, or contact Lee Gaymon, Chief Marketing Officer, at [email protected] 856.994.9900 ext. 356.

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Healio is a multichannel information platform, providing health care specialists with tailored news, information and education in support of their daily practice of medicine. An in-depth, clinical information resource, Healio brings together award-winning news reporting with expert perspectives, dynamic video and multimedia, question-and-answer columns, CME and other custom educational activities, blogs, peer-reviewed journals and a wide range of popular medical book titles all in one place. For more information, visit Healio.com.