Category Archives: Alton’s Pandemic Preparedness Guide
Video: Which Antibiotics For Your Storage?
In a SHTF setting, bacterial diseases might run rampant among the members of a survival[Read More]
Jun
Hantavirus Off The Grid
You’re been hearing a lot of scary stuff coming from the media about hantavirus,[Read More]
May
This Year’s Influenza
Infectious disease is a serious medical issue in good times or bad, and the family[Read More]
Jan
Agroterrorism
Mass destruction doesn’t always require a nuclear weapon. Chinese operatives recently smuggled a devastating[Read More]
Jun
Texas Measles Outbreak
The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in Western Texas has grown to[Read More]
Feb
Video: Monkeypox (Mpox) Update
n this companion video to a previous article, Dr. Joe Alton updates you on the[Read More]
Biological Agents As Weapons
Many different disaster scenarios can lead to mass casualties. The largest in the last century,[Read More]
Apr
Bird Flu: The Next Viral Outbreak?
Experts are waving the red flag on the bird flu virus that has infected wild[Read More]
Yellow Fever: Epidemics Past and Future
Tropical disease experts are predicting a return of the historically devastating disease yellow fever to[Read More]
An Omicron Subvariant: What It Means
As if you weren’t sick of hearing about COVID-19, a new subvariant of omicron has[Read More]
Jan
COVID-19 Long-Haulers
The COVID-19 pandemic hit home recently in our family when my brother, sister-in-law, and their[Read More]
Feb
Double Masking
Joe Alton MD gives his thoughts on the latest CDC recommendation: double masking to increase[Read More]
Survival Medicine Podcast: New Antibiotics
In this audio episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner[Read More]
Jan
Video: Ivermectin for COVID-19?
In this companion video to a recent article, medical preparedness advocate Dr. Joe Alton explores[Read More]
Dec
Ivermectin for COVID-19?
we’re coming up on the one-year anniversary of my original article “A New Pneumonia”, where[Read More]
Dec
How Many Antibiotics?
It stands to reason that infection will be a big issue confronting the survival medic.[Read More]
Dec
What You Might Not Know About Hand Washing
One of the simplest ways to maintain good health is washing your hands. You may[Read More]
Video: “Safe Six”?
In this video companion to a previous article, Dr. Joe Alton discusses social distancing guidelines[Read More]
Sep
Survival Medicine Podcast: Microplastics, Safe “Six”
The CDC has recommended that Americans wear masks “in public”, but are vague on what[Read More]
Sep
Survival Medicine Podcast COVID Q & A
You know, we get dozens of questions from folks every week, and we do our[Read More]
Jul
Visiting Family During A Pandemic
I recently saw an article on CNN where a number of medical experts were asked[Read More]
A New Virus In Kazakhstan?
Over the years, I have made it my mission to notify the public (those that[Read More]
Jul
Survival Medicine Podcast: Near-Drowning, Spanish Flu Lessons, More
Many people are concerned about what appears to be a second wave of COVID-19, the[Read More]
Jul
Pandemic Waves
Many people are concerned about what appears to be a second wave of COVID-19, the[Read More]
Survival Medicine Podcast: Tear Gas, Suture Needles, Second Waves, More
If you’re reading the headlines, you’re probably hearing that, as the country slowly reopens, we’re[Read More]
Jun
COVID-19 And Age Realities
In my recent article of June 12th, “COVID Fatigue and The Second Wave”, I floated[Read More]
Survival Medicine Podcast: Second Waves, COVID Fatigue
In the news, COVID-19 cases are again on the rise as a second wave of[Read More]
Jun
Survival Medicine Podcast: Zinc, Societal Changes, More
As we reopen, some words will have permanently entered our vocabulary: Social distancing. Telemedicine. Self-quarantine.[Read More]
May
Video: The Missing Zinc
In this companion video to a recent article, Joe Alton MD examines a possible reason[Read More]
May
Survival Medicine Podcast: Fractures, COVID Myths
Recently, we came across an article about coronavirus myths on, guess where, the AARP website,[Read More]
May
Reopening After A Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has rampaged throughout the planet, but a few encouraging signs are giving[Read More]
Survival Medicine Podcast: Vit D, Remdesivir, and Antibody Tests
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to steamroll populations of many countries, and drive efforts to find[Read More]
May
Remdesivir in COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to steamroll populations of many countries, and drive efforts to find[Read More]
Survival Medicine Podcast: COVID-19 Origin Theories, Reinfection
SURVIVAL MEDICINE PODCAST The daily headlines are chock-full of stories about the COVID-19 pandemic. If[Read More]
May
The Medical History of Hand Washing
In modern times, the idea that healthcare staff have a particular obligation to keep their[Read More]
Six New Symptoms of COVID-19
Coronavirus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have added six new symptoms to the[Read More]
Apr
What The Post-Pandemic World May Look Like
The COVID-19 pandemic is still the big story in the news, but there are signs[Read More]
Apr
Survival Medicine Podcast: UVC as Disinfectant, Tornadoes, more
In the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, extreme shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE) have been a[Read More]
Apr
Survival Medicine Podcast: Social Distancing, Lab Accidents, More
Survival Medicine Podcast Are you going to survive this pandemic? If I asked America this question[Read More]
Apr
Video: Food Shopping In Pandemic Times
In pandemic times, mundane chores like food shopping can be more exciting (in a bad[Read More]
Apr
New: Alton’s Pandemic Preparedness Guide
We published our latest book “Alton’s Pandemic Preparedness Guide: Dealing with Emerging and Current Viral[Read More]
Apr
Cleaning Clothes of COVID-19 Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic is overwhelming hospitals and overworked medical staff, leading the CDC to recommend[Read More]
Things To Know About The R-Nought Number
If you’ve paid any attention to the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19 or watched movies like[Read More]
Mar