Study: Health, Government Groups Funded Websites that Promote Health Misinformation

Study: health, government groups funded websites that promote health misinformation

A Yale study shows these organizations spent $35.7 million to advertise on 11 sites that promote health misinformation between 2021 and 2024.

Health and government groups spend millions advertising on websites that promote misinformation, sometimes unintentionally

For years, health and government organizations have spent millions of dollars on advertising that appeared on websites that regularly promote health misinformation — financially supporting this growing health threat, sometimes inadvertently.