Articles | Pfizer

Podcasts | Pfizer

Patient Stories | Pfizer

Behind the Science Features | Pfizer

Press Releases | Pfizer

Our Science: Pharmaceutical Development | Pfizer | Pfizer

Announcements | Pfizer

Product Contacts | Pfizer

Our Products: Holding the Promise of a Breakthrough | Pfizer

Meet Pfizer's Board Members | Pfizer

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

December 2025

November 2025

Pfizer Inc.

Title / URL	Issues
Articles \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/stories/articles	5
Podcasts \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/stories/podcasts	5
Patient Stories \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/about/people/patients	5
Behind the Science Features \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/stories/behind-the-science	5
Press Releases \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/newsroom/press-releases	5
Our Science: Pharmaceutical Development \| Pfizer \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/science	5
Announcements \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/stories/announcements	5
Product Contacts \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/products/information	5
Our Products: Holding the Promise of a Breakthrough \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/products	5
Meet Pfizer's Board Members \| Pfizerwww.pfizer.com/about/people/board-members	5

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Pfizer Inc.

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