I only recently noticed this. It may be country-specific. Try searching for a medical condition or health issue. The YouTube search results are labelled 'From health sources'.
I'm not sure what to think of this change. Is it right to remove or deprioritise popular videos from search results if those videos come from unqualified "Doctors". I presume this also applies to anyone discussing a health topic who is not a health professional.
On the other hand, I understand why YouTube has taken this approach. There is a lot of misleading health advice too - it's impossible to police it all. YouTube's approach is to populate search results from health professionals or "credible health sources".
It's a difficult problem to tackle. What do think of this change to YouTube search? Do you think health videos should be unfiltered in search results - no matter the content, or who it comes from?
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Some links from YouTube:
Authoritative health information: https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/product-features/health-information/
Introducing new ways to help you find answers to your health questions:
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/introducing-new-ways-help-you-find-answers-your-health-questions/
I don't want YouTube to purely filter out potential health remedies because layperson experimentation is sometimes how medical "truths" of the day advance (e.g. doctors used to love spouting nonsense about how "diet doesn't affect acne" and with n=1, laypersons pushed back enough that new research showed that to not be the case). I think giving the floor to "credible" YouTubers and institutions is a fair balance.