Public health is a public good and requires public trust to succeed. This article examines the history of public health and explains why the U.S.'s public health policies, particularly its vaccination policies, are deteriorating. Originally published on PEAH - Policies for Equitable Access to Health.

I gave a book talk on Saturday, January 10, 2026 to the National Capital Area Skeptics, a non-profit organization established in 1987 that is dedicated to critical thinking and scientific understanding. The video is available here...

The goal of public health is to prevent disease. In 1800, over 46 percent of children in the U.S. did not survive past age 5 years. By 2020, the percentage plummeted to single digits...

This blog discusses government policies and mismanagement that can lead to or worsen famine. Through historical examples from the Irish Great Famine to current Trump administration policies, it examines how government decisions can devastate food security...

Part III examines the economic, social, and psychological factors of chronic kidney disease, along with prevention strategies and future directions for diagnosis and treatment...

Part II examines the population-level epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and environmental factors affecting kidney health, including diet, nutrition, drugs, herbs, dietary supplements, heavy metals, chemicals, and microbial exposures...

Kidneys are vital organs. They filter excess water out of the blood, produce renin, a hormone involved in blood pressure control, and filter wastes from the blood. They make vitamin D, which is needed for bone and metabolic health, and they produce erythropoietin, a chemical involved with red blood cell production.

Agriculture is the foundation of civilization. Our modern, technologically advanced civilization depends on agriculture and the food security it provides... In the 21st century, agriculture is in danger from a number of threats, most notably, soil depletion and climate change.

In 2008, my colleagues and I published a brief article about the need to teach One Medicine, One Health to medical students. Our article covered why One Health education was important, but we didn't discuss how to incorporate it into curriculums...

Historically, the role of government has been to provide a central source of authority and security. From a One Health perspective, governments should protect, improve, and further the health and well-being of all species within their borders.

We've made tremendous strides in science and healthcare in years past, but errors were made from the beginning with Covid-19.

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we're now facing a newly evolved highly pathogenic (HPAI) H5N1, also known as "bird flu." This new clade 2.3.4.4b is extremely worrisome...

SARS-CoV-2 is an odd coronavirus, causing a vast constellation of unusual symptoms. An April 2020 Science article titled, "A rampage through the body," stated that "…the virus acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen."...

Welcome Everyone! Happy One Health Day 2024!

November 3, 2024, is a good day for me to begin my monthly blog! In this blog, I'm going to share with you my thoughts on how a One Health-based approach could be incorporated into primary care. My focus will be on the U.S. since its primary care needs improvement. But these principles could be applied to any country. The One Health example that I will discuss will be microbiome health.