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  • Survival Medicine Podcast: Medical Corruption, Frostbite, Clove Oil, More

    4 Feb 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Medical Corruption, Frostbite, Clove Oil, More

    In this topic-filled podcast, Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Practitioner Amy Alton discuss corruption[...]

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    An Omicron Subvariant: What It Means

    27 Jan 2022 | Joseph Alton MD
    An Omicron Subvariant: What It Means

    As if you weren’t sick of hearing about COVID-19, a new subvariant of omicron has now been [...]

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    Video: Paxlovid As Oral COVID Therapy

    21 Dec 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Paxlovid As Oral COVID Therapy

    The COVID-19 pandemic has been with us for a full two years now, and effective oral therapies [...]

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    Paxlovid: Oral Therapy For COVID

    18 Dec 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Paxlovid: Oral Therapy For COVID

    The SARS-CoV2 virus has been the scourge of the modern world for the last two years. New [...]

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    The Omicron Variant

    2 Dec 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Omicron Variant

    A recent development in the COVID-19 saga is the emergence of a new strain in South Africa [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Antivirals

    10 Oct 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Antivirals

    Although science has made great progress against bacterial disease, our advances against [...]

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    All About Molnupiravir

    2 Oct 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    All About Molnupiravir

    Although science has made great progress against bacterial disease, our advances against [...]

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    What Is Nipah Virus (NiV)?

    19 Sep 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    What Is Nipah Virus (NiV)?

    In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, the last thing you want to hear about is another virus [...]

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    COVID-19 Long-Haulers

    24 Feb 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    COVID-19 Long-Haulers

    The COVID-19 pandemic hit home recently in our family when my brother, sister-in-law, and their[...]

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    Double Masking

    12 Feb 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Double Masking

    Both the CDC and the Mandalorian say "This is the Way" After a year of wearing masks, the [...]

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    Video Podcast?

    18 Jan 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video Podcast?

    After about 600 audio podcasts, Amy and I have decided to experiment with a video podcast on [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Viral News, Myths

    11 Jan 2021 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Viral News, Myths

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

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    Video: Ivermectin for COVID-19?

    29 Dec 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Ivermectin for COVID-19?

    In this companion video to a recent article, medical preparedness advocate Dr. Joe Alton [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Cyclospora, Food Contamination/Safety

    3 Oct 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Cyclospora, Food Contamination/Safety

    The person that’s responsible for the health of their family isn’t just there to stop a [...]

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    What You Might Not Know About Hand Washing

    28 Sep 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    What You Might Not Know About Hand Washing

    One of the simplest ways to maintain good health is washing your hands. You may feel that hand [...]

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    Video: "Safe Six"?

    25 Sep 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: &quote;Safe Six&quote;?

    In this video companion to a previous article, Dr. Joe Alton discusses social distancing guidelines[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Microplastics, Safe "Six"

    11 Sep 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Microplastics, Safe &quote;Six&quote;

    The CDC has recommended that Americans wear masks “in public”, but are vague on what to do in [...]

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    Practicing Safe Six?

    7 Sep 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Practicing Safe Six?

    The CDC has recommended that Americans wear masks “in public”, but are vague on what to do [...]

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    Video: The Problem With "Following The Science"

    26 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: The Problem With &quote;Following The Science&quote;

    What is the real science? In this companion video to a previous article, Dr. Joe Alton discusses[...]

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    Video: Vitamin D Deficiency and COVID-19

    20 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Vitamin D deficiency is seen in 42% of Americans, and the worse it is, the more likely that bad [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Survival Group Expert and Author Charley Hogwood, More

    19 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Survival Group Expert and Author Charley Hogwood, More

    Today on the Survival Medicine Podcast, we welcome good friend Charley Hogwood. Charley is [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Alzheimer's, Trials, Russian Vaccine

    11 Aug 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Alzheimer's, Trials, Russian Vaccine

    The podcast is not going to talk just about COVID today, but  it’s a good idea to keep a [...]

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    Vitamin D Deficiency and COVID-19

    29 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Lately, we’ve been reviewing the potential for vitamin deficiencies to play a significant role in[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast COVID Q & A

    29 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast COVID Q & A

    You know, we get dozens of questions from folks every week, and we do our darndest to answer as [...]

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    Video: Pandemic Waves

    18 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Pandemic Waves

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

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Visits During COVID, Heat Waves, Kazakhstan Virus?

    14 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Visits During COVID, Heat Waves, Kazakhstan Virus?

    Man, it’s hot. Summer is here with a vengeance and parts of the Midwest and Southern U.S. are [...]

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    Visiting Family During A Pandemic

    12 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    I recently saw an article on CNN where a number of medical experts were asked questions about how [...]

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    A New Virus In Kazakhstan?

    11 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    A New Virus In Kazakhstan?

    Over the years, I have made it my mission to notify the public (those that will listen, at least) [...]

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    Video: The Spanish Flu

    6 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: The Spanish Flu

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

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Near-Drowning, Spanish Flu Lessons, More

    3 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    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 pandemic disease [...]

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    A Brief History of the Spanish Flu Pandemic

    2 Jul 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

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

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    Pandemic Waves

    29 Jun 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Many people are concerned about what appears to be a second wave of COVID-19, the pandemic disease [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Tear Gas, Suture Needles, Second Waves, More

    24 Jun 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    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, [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Zinc, Societal Changes, More

    26 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast:  Zinc, Societal Changes, More

    As we reopen, some words will have permanently entered our vocabulary: Social distancing. [...]

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    Video: The Missing Zinc

    24 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: The Missing Zinc

    In this companion video to a recent article, Joe Alton MD examines a possible reason that [...]

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    The Missing Zinc

    20 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    The Missing Zinc

    THE MISSING ZINC Recently I wrote an article about the drug remdesivir and the fact that it is [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Fractures, COVID Myths

    17 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Fractures, COVID Myths

    Recently, we came across an article about coronavirus myths on, guess where, the AARP website, [...]

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    Reopening After A Pandemic

    14 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Reopening After A Pandemic

    The COVID-19 pandemic has rampaged throughout the planet, but a few encouraging signs are giving [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Vit D, Remdesivir, and Antibody Tests

    12 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Vit D, Remdesivir, and Antibody Tests

    The COVID-19 pandemic continues to steamroll populations of many countries, and drive efforts [...]

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    Video: When Hand Washing Was Controversial

    9 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: When Hand Washing Was Controversial

    Dr. Semmelwies In this companion video to a previous article, Dr. Joe Alton discusses a time [...]

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    Remdesivir in COVID-19

    8 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Remdesivir in COVID-19

    The COVID-19 pandemic continues to steamroll populations of many countries, and drive efforts to [...]

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    Video: Post-Pandemic Predictions

    4 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Post-Pandemic Predictions

    In this companion video to a previous article, Joe Alton MD gives some thoughts on what permanent [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: COVID-19 Origin Theories, Reinfection

    2 May 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: COVID-19 Origin Theories, Reinfection

    SURVIVAL MEDICINE PODCAST The daily headlines are chock-full of stories about the COVID-19 [...]

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    Six New Symptoms of COVID-19

    26 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Six New Symptoms of COVID-19

    Coronavirus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have added six new symptoms to the [...]

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    What The Post-Pandemic World May Look Like

    26 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    What The Post-Pandemic World May Look Like

    The COVID-19 pandemic is still the big story in the news, but there are signs in places that we[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: UVC as Disinfectant, Tornadoes, more

    24 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: UVC as Disinfectant, Tornadoes, more

    In the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, extreme shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE) have been a[...]

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    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

    19 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

    On January 7th, 2020, I wrote an article about pneumonia that described a mysterious new [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Social Distancing, Lab Accidents, More

    16 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Social Distancing, Lab Accidents, More

    Survival Medicine Podcast Are you going to survive this pandemic? If I asked America this [...]

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    Video: Food Shopping In Pandemic Times

    13 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Food Shopping In Pandemic Times

    Hint: This isn't a good strategy In pandemic times, mundane chores like food shopping can be [...]

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    How Much Social Distancing Is Enough?

    9 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    How Much Social Distancing Is Enough?

    Hint: This isn't enough The CDC has recommended social distancing that keeps six feet between [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Chloroquine, Food and Laundry in Pandemics

    8 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Chloroquine, Food and Laundry in Pandemics

    The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rampage throughout the known world, killing close to 100000 [...]

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    Grocery Shopping In Pandemic Times

    7 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Grocery Shopping In Pandemic Times

    In infectious disease outbreaks, mundane chores like food shopping may become much more [...]

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    New: Alton's Pandemic Preparedness Guide

    4 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    New: Alton's Pandemic Preparedness Guide

    Our latest book We published our latest book "Alton's Pandemic Preparedness Guide: Dealing with [...]

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    Video: Face Coverings and Social Responsibility

    3 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Face Coverings and Social Responsibility

    In this video, Joe Alton MD reiterates his urgent call for everyone to wear face mask and coverings[...]

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    Fever

    3 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Fever

    COVID-19 is running rampant throughout the globe. Contagious and sometimes deadly, it's likely [...]

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    Chloroquine for COVID-19 Patients

    2 Apr 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Chloroquine for COVID-19 Patients

    The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rampage throughout the known world, killing thousands and [...]

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    Video: Put On A Face Mask

    31 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Put On A Face Mask

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

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    Can You Get Re-Infected With COVID-19?

    31 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    A number of reports have brought up the possibility of re-infection with COVID-19. Unlike some [...]

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

    31 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    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 never [...]

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    Cleaning Clothes of COVID-19 Patients

    29 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    The COVID-19 pandemic is overwhelming hospitals and overworked medical staff, leading the CDC to [...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Home Care For COVID-19 Patients

    22 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Home Care For COVID-19 Patients

    COVID-19 tests are now available in larger numbers in the U.S. and the numbers of positives are [...]

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

    10 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    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 to 1000 [...]

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    Video: Can N95 Masks Be Reused?

    9 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Can N95 Masks Be Reused?

    A question I'm asked often is can you reuse a face mask? In normal times, the answer is a [...]

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    Video: Are COVID-19 Statistics Reliable?

    8 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Are COVID-19 Statistics Reliable?

    The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to scores of countries in all continents except for Antarctica[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: COVID-19

    3 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: COVID-19

    In the last few weeks, we have found ourselves challenged by a new virus from a family that is[...]

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    Video: Making Face Masks

    2 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Making Face Masks

    Thinking Outside The Box Face mask supplies are becoming scarce and the government is [...]

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    Expect U.S. Outbreaks, But Don't Panic

    2 Mar 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading to scores of countries in all continents except for Antarctica. [...]

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    Video: Face Masks, Part 3

    27 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Face Masks, Part 3

    In this video, Dr. Joe Alton explains the difference between an N95 respirator and a regular face [...]

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    Video: WHO Guidelines for Home Care of COVID-19 Patients

    24 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    WHO Guidelines for Home Care In situations like the current COVID-19 epidemic, international [...]

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    Home Care for COVID-19 Patients: WHO Guidance

    23 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Home Care for COVID-19 Patients: WHO Guidance

    Home Care for COVID-19 Patients with Mild Symptoms by Joe Alton, MD In situations when hospitals[...]

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    Do Bats Play A Role In The Coronavirus Epidemic?

    16 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Coronavirus and Bats Bats and coronavirus If you were in Wuhan, China and wanted some nice [...]

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    Coronavirus in Dogs and Cats

    16 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Coronavirus in Dogs and Cats

    CORONAVIRUS AND PETS Dog face masks There have a been a lot of articles that tell you what [...]

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    Epidemic Personal Protection Gear

    13 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Epidemic Personal Protection Gear

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

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Coronavirus

    3 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Podcast: Coronavirus

    Unless you just got back from a trip to Mars, you probably know that there’s an epidemic going on[...]

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    Video: Coronavirus 2019-nCoV: Preventing Infection

    1 Feb 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Coronavirus 2019-nCoV: Preventing Infection

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

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    Video: Things You Should Know About 2019-nCoV

    30 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Coronavirus video There's a lot to know about epidemics, including the latest virus, 2019-nCoV, [...]

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    Coronavirus Update

    29 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Latest news on 2019-nCoV Unless you just got back from a trip to Mars, you probably know that [...]

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    The New Coronavirus: Future Pandemic or Not?

    27 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD

    Is The New Coronavirus outbreak a Pandemic? Over the years, I’ve written about different [...]

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    Video: Face Masks, Part 2: Placing, Fitting, Removal

    26 Jan 2020 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Face Masks, Part 2: Placing, Fitting, Removal

    Video: Face Masks, Part 2 Recently, we discussed some important basics about face masks, part of[...]

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    Survival Medicine Podcast: Dengue Fever, Permethrin

    27 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD

    Survival Medicine Podcast #379 Today, we talk about a mosquito-borne illness. What? It’s [...]

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    Dengue Fever in the U.S.

    26 Dec 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Dengue Fever in the U.S.

    LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF DENGUE FEVER Image by Mayo Clinic Down here in South Florida, we get [...]

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    Survival Medicine Hour: Pandemic Diseases with Prepping 2.0

    23 Nov 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Survival Medicine Hour: Pandemic Diseases with Prepping 2.0

    Pandemic diseases In the midst of a break from their podcast, Joe Alton MD and Amy Alton ARNP [...]

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    Video: Animal Bites, Pt. 4: Rabies

    31 Aug 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Animal Bites, Pt. 4: Rabies

    The risk of infection exists whenever a violent encounter occurs between animal and human. Diseases[...]

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    Video: Considerations when Boiling Water For Disinfection

    25 Jun 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Video: Considerations when Boiling Water For Disinfection

    Video: When You're Boiling Water As A Disinfectant In this companion video to a previous [...]

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    Deadly Viruses, Part 3: Influenza

    9 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    Deadly Viruses, Part 3: Influenza

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

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

    4 Jan 2019 | Joseph Alton MD
    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, and the[...]

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    Deadly Viruses, Part 1

    15 Dec 2018 | Joseph Alton MD
    Deadly Viruses, Part 1

    DEADLY VIRUSES, PART 1 Ebola virus Infectious disease is of major concern in good times or [...]

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