Three-quarters of the top health stories that went viral in 2018 included false or misleading information, a recent study found. Many had been created or shared by big-name, credible newsrooms. Although there were no major inaccuracies, the lack of detail, context, overstatement and misinterpretation of research findings resulted in the public getting inaccurate information and making decisions on that. Our editors' roundtable on Science in the Newsroom will explore how to improve reporting in a resource-scarce newsroom.