Organizations

AFT Fact Check (EU)
Allsides
American College of Physicians
American Press Institute
American Psychological Association 
AP Fact Check
Bad Science Watcher
Cancer FactFinder
Center for Countering Digital Hate
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ClaimReview Project
CMSS learning Center
Coalition for Trust in Health & Science
Cyabra
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Debunk.org
Deplatform Disease
Duke Reporters’ Lab
European Commission
European Fact-Checking Standards Network
FactCheck.org
FactCheck Hub
Fact-Check Insights
Factchequeado
Factly
Factually Speaking
Faked Up
First Check
First Draft
Full Fact
Google Fact Check Tools
Graphika
Ground Truths
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Highlight
Immunologic
Infodemiology
Inside Medicine
Institute for Strategic Dialogue
International Fact Checking Network
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Lead Stories
Logically
Marketplace
Media Bias/Fact Check
Media Literacy Now
Media Numeric
MediaVault
Meta’s Previous Fact-Checking System
Misbar
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
National Institutes of Health
National Press Club
News Literacy Project
NewseumED
Omdena
PolitiFact
Popular Medicine
Public Good News
Public Good Projects
Public Health Communications Collaborative
Rand
Reboot Foundation
Reuters Fact Check
RTL.lu
SciCheck
Science-Based Medicine
Science Feedback
Science Literacy Foundation
ScienceUpFirst
Snopes
Team Halo
The Dispatch
The Healthy Indian Project (THIP)
Techarp
Those Nerdy Girls
TikTok’s Global Fact-Checking program
Trusted News Initiative
Unbiased Medicine
Unherd
Union of Concerned Scientists
Vaccine Confidence Project
Vital Signs
WordProof
World Health Organization
Your Local Epidemiologist

Organizations on X/Twitter

Alt News Science @AltNewsScience
Ban Faux News @BanFauxNews
CT Emerging Infections Program at YaleSPH @YaleEIP
First Check @FirstCheck_In
Health Misinformation Alert @MisinfoAlert
Maine Families for Vaccines @mainefamilies
Misinformation @health_mis_info
ProtectUs @ protectustwt
Public Health Initiative Against Misinformation @healthmisinfo
STATS.org @STATSatGMU
STOP MISINFORMATION! @CTCfScience
The Eddystone Trust @EddystoneTrust
ThisIsOurShot @ThisIsOurShot
TrustSocialScience @TrustSocialSci

Organizations on Blue Sky

ScienceNotDogma @sciencenotdogma.bsky.social
Those Nerdy Girls @thosenerdygirls.bsky.social
National Center for Science Education @ncse.bsky.social

YouTube Channels

Debunked: This channel investigates widespread myths and misconceptions, providing clear explanations to dispel false information. (YouTube)

Joel Bervell, MD: Known as the “Medical Mythbuster,” Dr. Bervell uses social media to address health disparities and debunk medical myths, making complex topics accessible to the public. (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm0QSDpNOo8

Medlife Crisis: Run by Dr. Rohin Francis, a British cardiologist, this channel combines humor and science to tackle medical misinformation and discuss various health topics. There’s a lot of bad science on YouTube, especially medicine, with quacks and clowns peddling garbage. I’m not saying I’m not one of them, I’m just stating a fact. (Wikipedia) https://www.youtube.com/@MedlifeCrisis/featured

Debunk the Funk: Hosted by Dr. Dan Wilson, a molecular biologist, this channel focuses on debunking pseudoscience and misinformation, particularly related to vaccines and COVID-19. (Wikipedia) Ph.D. in molecular biology that covers bad science while making good science accessible. This channel focuses mainly on pseudoscience surrounding the anti-vaccine movement and COVID misinformation. https://www.youtube.com/@DebunktheFunkwithDrWilson

These channels offer reliable information and are valuable resources for anyone looking to understand and combat misinformation in the medical and scientific fields.

Healthcare Triage: Hosted by Dr. Aaron Carroll, this channel provides clear, evidence-based information on various health topics, often debunking common misconceptions and misinformation. Healthcare Triage is a series about healthcare hosted by Dr. Aaron Carroll who explains healthcare policy, medical research, and answers a lot of other questions you may have about medicine, health, and healthcare. https://www.youtube.com/@healthcaretriage

Doctor Mike: Dr. Mikhail Varshavski, known as Doctor Mike, uses his platform to address medical misinformation, providing accurate health information and debunking myths. Aiming to make the field of medicine relatable, understandable, and fun! https://www.youtube.com/@DoctorMike

YouTube itself has also implemented policies to combat medical misinformation. They have streamlined their guidelines into three categories: Prevention, Treatment, and Denial [1] [2] [3]. These policies aim to remove content that contradicts health authority guidance on prevention and transmission of diseases, treatments, and denial of well-established medical facts.

Examples of Fact Checks

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