The American Journal of Public Health’s article explains how health misinformation spreads on social media and how to combat the spread of misinformation.

The Annual Review of Public Health published a paper about the challenges of online misinformation and their public health recommendations for combatting online misinformation.

RTI worked with the CDC, the AAMC, and 5 medical schools to share their learnings about combatting medical misinformation and mistrust. This paper comprises insights from each of the teams and overarching observations regarding the challenges and opportunities involved with leveraging health professions education to address medical misinformation and improve patient health.

UCSF Health’s article about how to evaluate health information.

The National Library of Medicine has online resources for health misinformation, including reading, videos, webinars, classes, events, and funding opportunities.

George Washington University assembled various resources on correcting misinformation with patients, including videos, podcasts, additional reading, and recommended courses.

The University of Minnesota compiled information and resources about health misinformation. Topics include the historical basis for misinformation, types of health misinformation, psychology of misinformation, common types of misinformation (venues or tactics), how to talk about misinformation, how to critically evaluate information, infographics on fake news/misinformation, videos on mis/disinformation, games for how to spot fake news or misinformation, and toolkits and handbooks.

The Public Health Communications Collaborative posts misinformation alerts to inform you on what misinformation is currently being shared to help your organization create effective messaging.