Elijah St. John
Founder & Editor
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.
- Public Health
- Food Systems
- Health Technology
- One Health
Stories under this byline
- AnalysisTech
The Shift No One in Healthcare Wants to Talk About
AI is already transforming healthcare workflows. The real question is not whether jobs will change — it is which parts of care should never be automated.
- AnalysisFood
Oil, Fertilizer, and Food Resilience in the United States
How energy and fertilizer shocks propagate through the food system — and why local food infrastructure is a critical public-health strategy for community resilience.
- ExplainerFood
Farmers Markets Are Public Health Infrastructure
How local food systems create measurable impacts on community nutrition and wellbeing.
- ExplainerDental
Why Oral Health Still Sits Outside the Public Health Conversation
The historical and structural reasons dental care remains disconnected from broader health systems.
- ExplainerHuman
The Future of Healthcare Access in America
Emerging models and policy directions that could reshape how communities access care.
- ExplainerTech
Building Better Public Health Systems Through Technology
Where digital tools and data infrastructure are making a difference in population health.
- ExplainerHuman
Community Health Workers: The Backbone of Local Health Systems
Understanding the critical role of frontline health workers in underserved communities.
- ExplainerFood
Food Deserts and Health Outcomes: What the Data Shows
Examining the relationship between food access and population health metrics.