Joseph Varon

Joseph Varon, M.D., is a critical care physician, professor, and president of the Independent Medical Alliance. He has authored over 980 peer-reviewed publications and serves as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Independent Medicine.

The Hantavirus Panic Machine: When Rare Diseases Become Media Theater

Commentary Periodically, the public faces a new microbial threat. The pattern is consistent: a tragic death or cluster ...

Opinion May 11, 2026
When War Teaches Medicine

Commentary War is the most unrestrained expression of humanity’s destructive capacity, a setting in which order disintegrates, moral ...

Opinion April 16, 2026
When the State Sanctions Death Instead of Treating Suffering: Canada’s Assisted Suicide Crisis

If Canada aspires to be a nation that values human life in both principle and practice, it must ...

Viewpoints January 24, 2026
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus and the Modern Medical Crisis

Commentary Medicine, at its core, is born from observation. Long before clinical trials, randomized studies, or regulatory agencies ...

Opinion December 21, 2025
The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal

Commentary Walk into any American airport today and pause. Look around at the travelers waiting at the gate, ...

Opinion September 20, 2025
It’s Time to Stop Demonizing Those Who Have Legitimate Concerns Over Vaccines

Commentary The assassination of Charlie Kirk has left the United States grieving a profound loss. Kirk championed civil ...

Viewpoints September 19, 2025
The Moral Cost of Modern Transplant Medicine

Commentary In a time when trust in public health is already hanging by a thread, recent revelations from the ...

Opinion August 18, 2025

Joseph Varon

The Hantavirus Panic Machine: When Rare Diseases Become Media Theater

When War Teaches Medicine

When the State Sanctions Death Instead of Treating Suffering: Canada’s Assisted Suicide Crisis

Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus and the Modern Medical Crisis

The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal

It’s Time to Stop Demonizing Those Who Have Legitimate Concerns Over Vaccines

The Moral Cost of Modern Transplant Medicine