Alexa will now give you medical advice, courtesy of WebMD

Amazon's Alexa already boasts more than 10,000 skills, but has now added medical advice to its repertoire. WebMD announced today that it's launched its own skill for all Alexa-enabled devices (including the Echo, Echo Dot, and Fire TV), which can answer basic health-related queries. Topics include treatments for common ailments ("Alexa, ask WebMD how to treat a sore throat"), definitions of basic diseases ("Alexa, ask WebMD what diabetes is"), and the side effects of certain drugs ("Alexa, ask WebMD to tell me about amoxicillin"). WebMD stresses that, like its website, the new Alexa skill is only meant to offer supplementary information, and adds that the software is a work-in-progress. "We want to be in the place where we believe computing is going," WebMD's vice president of mobile products, Ben Greenberg, tells The Verge.