Category Archives: Iinfluenza

Survival Medicine Podcast: Ballistics, Eye Trauma, Winter Car Kit, Influenza

In this episode of The Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe and Nurse Amy switch roles[Read More]

This Year’s Influenza

Infectious disease is a serious medical issue in good times or bad, and the family[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Victim Transport, Mass Casualties, pt.2, Bird Flu Update, More

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Joe and Amy discuss how to evaluate[Read More]

H5N1 Bird Flu Update

Earlier this year, I wrote that the experts are sounding the alarm on the H5N1[Read More]

Asthma Off The Grid, Part 1: Diagnosis and Triggers

  Last year, I wrote about the massive Canadian wildfires that devastated, not only the[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Bleeding, Biological Warfare, LifeVac, More

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe and Nurse Amy Alton discuss[Read More]

Bird Flu: The Next Viral Outbreak?

Experts are waving the red flag on the bird flu virus that has infected wild[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Hypothermia, Pest Infestations, Respiratory Infections

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe and Nurse Amy Alton discuss[Read More]

Viral Antigenic Shift/Antigenic Drift: JN.1

This year’s cold and flu season is similar to every other: The latest strain is[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Pneumonia, Survival Barter, Prostatitis, More

In this episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Dog Flu, Winter Car Survival, Dental Extraction, Chestnuts

Winter storms like “bomb cyclones” can be life-threatening, so it’s important to know how to[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Antivirals

Although science has made great progress against bacterial disease, our advances against viruses are primitive.[Read More]

All About Molnupiravir

Although science has made great progress against bacterial disease, our advances against viruses are still[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: New Antibiotics

In this audio episode of the Survival Medicine Podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner[Read More]

Video Podcast?

After about 600 audio podcasts, Amy and I have decided to experiment with a video[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Viral News, Myths

COVID-19 was supposed to peter out around now, but cases are peaking again, with 300,000[Read More]

Video: Vitamin D Deficiency and COVID-19

Vitamin D deficiency is seen in 42% of Americans, and the worse it is, the[Read More]

Video: Pandemic Waves

In this companion video to a recent article, Dr. Joe Alton explains pandemic waves in[Read More]

Video: The Spanish Flu

In this companion video to a previous article, Dr. Joe Alton recounts the history of[Read More]

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]

A Brief History of the Spanish Flu Pandemic

We’ve spent a lot of time discussing the COVID-19 pandemic on this channel, but we[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]

New: Alton’s Pandemic Preparedness Guide

We published our latest book “Alton’s Pandemic Preparedness Guide: Dealing with Emerging and Current Viral[Read More]

Video: Put On A Face Mask

In this video, medical preparedness advocate Dr. Joe Alton strongly urges people to put on[Read More]

If You’re Not Wearing A Mask, You’re Nuts

If the numbers of new cases and deaths caused by COVID-19 haven’t scared you, you’ll[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Origins of Viral Research, COVID-19 Update

Well, we’re in the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., with close[Read More]

Epidemic Personal Protection Gear

PERSONAL PROTECTION GEAR Having knowledge of infectious diseases and how to treat them is very[Read More]

Coronavirus: A Cure?

Promising Case Study in Thailand For many, the specter of infectious disease has always seemed[Read More]

Video: Coronavirus 2019-nCoV: Preventing Infection

Video: Strategies to avoid infection with 2019-nCoV The coronavirus outbreak in China has spread to[Read More]

Video: Face Masks, Part 1

Video: Face Mask Basics Throughout history, infectious diseases have been part and parcel of the[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Norovirus, Xofluza

Survival Medicine Podcast Reports from Yosemite National Park in California reveal that at least 170[Read More]

Survival Medicine Podcast: Pneumonia in Austere Settings

Health authorities in China are reporting 60-70 cases of a previously unknown viral pneumonia that[Read More]

A New Pneumonia

Health authorities in China are reporting 60 cases or more of a previously unknown viral[Read More]

COPD in Austere Settings

You know, we often talk about trauma and infection, but less so about chronic diseases.[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Pandemic Diseases with Prepping 2.0

In the midst of a break from their podcast, Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton[Read More]

VIDEO: Creating An Epidemic Sick Room

VIDEO: CREATING AN EPIDEMIC SICK ROOM 100 years, ago, the world was hit with a[Read More]

Video: Xofluza: A New Anti-Flu Drug

Video: XOFLUZA Last year, 80,000 Americans died from the influenza virus. Early treatment with anti-viral[Read More]

Accumulating Antibiotic Stockpiles: How Much Is Enough?

HOW MANY ANTIBIOTICS DO YOU NEED? Some years ago I began writing about medical preparedness[Read More]

Xofluza: A New Anti-Viral For Influenza

XOFLUZA (BALOXAVIR): A NEW ANTI-VIRAL The human body spends a lot of energy fighting for[Read More]

Deadly Viruses, Part 3: Influenza

DEADLY VIRUSES, PART 3: INFLUENZA Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Influenza, Epi-pens, Falls Through the Ice, More

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or bad,[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Asthma, Pandemics, Food Myths, More

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST Ask people about the last pandemic and most will say it[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Expiration Dates, Pandemics, Flagyl, More

Happy National Preparedness Month! Joe and Amy Alton often  talk about the risk of infectious[Read More]

Video: A Short History Of Microbes

VIDEO: A SHORT HISTORY OF GERMS In this video, Joe Alton MD discusses a short[Read More]

Headaches, Part 1

  Medical issues that confront the medic on or off the grid can be obviously[Read More]

What Are Pathogens?

PATHOGENS (DISEASE-CAUSING ORGANISMS) An infection is defined as the invasion of the body by microscopic[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: Nosebleeds, Pregnancy Complications, Flu Recurrence, More

SURVIVAL MEDICINE HOUR PODCAST You might not think it’s possible, but there are enough different[Read More]

Survival Medicine Hour: The Flu Hits The Hosts, Antibiotic Use, More

Joe and Amy Alton, aka Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy, come down with the flu[Read More]

Why Are Flu Vaccines Sometimes Ineffective?

Why Are Flu Vaccines Sometimes Ineffective? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are[Read More]