World Health Organization: Understanding the organization, budget, funding and activities of the World Health Organization can put its role in terms of medical research into context. The Kaiser Family Foundation offers all that in this overview.
The National Institutes of Health launched the Science, Health, and Public Trust initiative to share strategies and best practices to help convey complex research results to the public in ways that are clear, credible, and accurate. The Perspectives section offers insights on biomedical communication from NIH experts. The Tools section provides useful aids including:
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched Know the Science, an initiative aiming to clarify and explain scientific topics related to health research. This effort features a variety of materials including interactive modules, quizzes, and videos to provide engaging, straightforward content
The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science
Scientific method: Statistical errors
Bonferroni Correction In Regression: Fun To Say, Important To Do
An in-depth, highly technical explanation of the math and statistics behind Bonferroni correction
When a study doesn’t provide the ‘number needed to treat:’ This Number Needed to Treat Calculator from ClinCalc.com can provide journalists with a tool for figuring out the NNT even when it’s not reported in a study, as long as the study provides the raw data on outcomes (absolute risk instead of only relative risk).
Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS): An effort to promote transparency in empirical social science research. The program is fostering an active network of social science researchers and institutions committed to strengthening scientific integrity in economics, political science, behavioral science, and related disciplines. Central to BITSS effort is the identification of useful strategies and tools for maintaining research transparency, including the use of study registries, pre-analysis plans, data sharing, and replication.
SearchMedica: This search engine scans journals, systematic reviews, and evidence-based articles that are written and edited for clinicians practicing in primary care and all major specialties. It also selects and scans patient-directed web sites, online CME courses, and government databases of clinical trials and practice guidelines.
Examine.com: Independent analysis on nutrition and supplement studies from research scientists, public health professionals and nutritionists.
STATS by George Mason University
Reporting on Health from the University of Southern California Annenberg
Knight Science Journalism Tracker: Daily blog on health and science news from MIT
HealthNewsReview.org has published 1,889 story reviews and more than 1,700 blog posts about studies, statistics and media coverage.