Microsoft Corp.’s new MSN Health & Fitness News (health.msn.com) has become the latest outlet for HealthDay, the news service distributed through the New York Times Syndicate and the Gannett and Cox newspaper chains.

HealthDay is based in Norwalk, Conn., but its ownership team includes George Giokas, chairman of ScoutNews, HealthDay’s parent, and president and chief executive of StaffWriters Plus, based in Hauppauge, and Andrew Sherman, StaffWriters Plus vice president of operations and sales.