Research Letter

Advertising Payments to News Websites That Publish Health Misinformation

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.5068

April 01, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cross-sectional study estimates advertising spending on the part of government and health organizations to news websites that publish health misinformation.

Corresponding Author: Joseph S. Ross, MD, MHS, Section of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510 (joseph.ross@yale.edu).

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