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The Bird Flu is Uncontrolled, and It Keeps Showing Up in the Scariest Places

Dr. Hope Ferdowsian and Gene Baur provide a cautionary warning about bird flu, which has now been found in multiple species of birds and mammals—including humans.

Screenshot of Phoenix Zones Initiative fact sheet: Putting People, Animals, and the Planet First in Policy Decisions

Putting People, Animals, and the Planet First in Policy Decisions

This fact sheet outlines the purpose and value of Phoenix Zones Initiative’s Just One Health Impact Assessment Tool.

Image of a doctor in a lab coat working on a tablet, and other medical-related elements in the background and foreground, such as a magnified strand of DNA.

A Journalist’s Resource Guide to Reporting on Science, Health, and Medicine

The guide includes useful resources to address frequently asked questions about the science and ethics of medical research.

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Just One Health Project ECHO: Advancing Health and Justice

This paper summarizes the creation, implementation, and impact of a Just One Health Project ECHO training and mentorship program.

A macaque mother holding her child--there are numerous problems with the ethics of animal research

Confronting Ethical Permissibility in Research

The author explores some of the ethics failures in animal research, such as the absence of justice, and the “common assumption” of justification.

A family looks at a bug on a flower--we need a socially and ecologically just One Health approach

A Silent Call for a Socially and Ecologically Just One Health Approach

This commentary illustrates the need for a socially and ecologically just One Health (Just One Health) approach to addressing and preventing global challenges.

Deforested land in the Amazon being used for agriculture--animal agriculture contributes to climate change

Future Warming from Global Food Consumption

The study’s authors look at the global warming impacts of various foods and discover that meat from ruminants, dairy, and rice have the highest climate change impacts.

A mother holds her child in an apple orchard, with the child holding an apple in their hand--the Just One Health Impact Assessment Tool will offer a better way to measure progress and wellbeing

We Need a Better Way to Measure Progress: Beyond GDP

Learn why and how Phoenix Zones Initiative is working with other experts to develop tools and metrics that go beyond GDP.

Image of surgical staff engaged in surgery--Xenotransplantation has many ethical problems

Existing Ethical Tensions in Xenotransplantation

This article discusses the ethics of and repercussions for humans and animals of xenotransplantation.

A lazuli bunting sings from a branch--public health officials need to center ecological health in policy and practice

“Silent Spring” Still Holds Lessons for Keeping the Planet, and Ourselves, Healthy

This essay draws on Rachel Carson’s work to highlight the need for a new revolution focused on the connections between people, animals, and the planet.

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