About

Make public health impossible to ignore.

Today in Public Health is an independent public-health media, education, and production platform exploring the systems shaping health today and in the future.

Our mission

Make public health understandable, interesting, accessible, and impossible to ignore. We believe the things people never think of as “public health” — their tap water, their grocery store, their dog, the air outside — are exactly that.

We report with curiosity rather than alarm, ground everything in evidence, and tell stories across eight worlds: Human, Dental, Animal, Earth, Food, Space, Tech, and Global.

Media

A public-health newsroom and video-first network reporting across eight worlds.

Education

Curriculum, classroom resources, and a national high-school Challenge.

Production

Today in Public Health Studios — documentaries and cinematic explainers.

Founder

Today in Public Health is built to grow beyond any one person, but it started with one.

Elijah St. John

Elijah St. John

Founder, Today in Public Health

Elijah St. John is the founder of Today in Public Health and a public-health student and researcher building media, education, and applied projects that make public health understandable and impossible to ignore.

Bylines & contributors

Most of our stories run under recurring editorial pen-name personas — a transparent choice we explain in full. They are not real individuals, and we never invent credentials or photographs for them. As named human contributors join, they will appear under their real names.

Partners & supporters

Universities, health departments, nonprofits, and organizations can support specific verticals, the Challenge, curriculum, or documentaries. Sponsors can fund programs but never buy editorial coverage — a firewall we take seriously.

Editorial trust

Our authority comes from being engaging and well-sourced. These standards are developing as we grow into a credible publication.

Get in touch

Story tips, contributor inquiries, partnership ideas, or feedback — we'd love to hear from you.