The Times has corrected its October 10 headline after wrongly suggesting that the British Medical Association (BMA) had urged GPs to overwhelm accident and emergency departments. The correction makes clear that it was senior figures within the BMA, acting independently, who wrote the letter. Misstating the organisation’s role risked portraying a coordinated policy where none existed.

The BBC has corrected its report to state that the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2023 was 1,172, not 1,339.

Previously, the figure from 2020 had been misquoted as the current toll.

That correction matters because public-health reporting relies on precision: misdating or overstating mortality risks misinforming audiences and skewing debate over policy urgency.

NPR has corrected its reporting after the apple cider vinegar weight-loss study it cited was retracted.

Previously, it had presented the research as credible proof of weight-loss benefitss

That distinction matters, and misframing it risks stirring needless alarm by turning unverified science into public health advice.