Fake News and Misinformation

Data and documents that shed light on the quality of US health care, as well as influences on the health care system, compiled by Kaiser Health News.

Dollars for Doctors from ProPublica tracks the financial ties between doctors and medical companies, showing how industry money reaches physicians.

The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Reporting Program that provides information about safety issues involving medical products, including special nutritional products (such as medical foods, dietary supplements, and infant formulas).

FactCheck.org’s SciCheck feature focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.

Explores issues and controversies in science and medicine. One are of focus is the scientific perspective of online information about alternative medicine.

Snopes bills itself as the "definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation". The Medical section lists health-related fact checks, and articles include a verdict on the validity of a claim along with supporting information.