DEAR DR. FOX: I appreciate your postings about the risks of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, and you make it quite clear you are not an anti-vaxxer.... more

DEAR DR. FOX: Your post on mRNA vaccines, like Pfizer’s and Moderna’s that saved lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, failed to acknowledge the benefits over the risks. I know you are not against tried... more

DEAR READERS: The Minnesota Star Tribune recently published a letter from Matthew DeBoer, principal of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, to Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife. In the le... more

DEAR READERS: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently identified toxoplasmosis as one of five neglected parasitic infections of people due to its high prevalence," per a report fr... more

DEAR DR. FOX: You hit it out of the park with your recent column, "The Spirituality of Nature, Animal Personhood and our Existential Crisis." When people see parts of themselves in nature, and God in ... more

DEAR READERS: With the development of herbicide-tolerant soybeans, corn and cotton in 1996, the use of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides has increased dramatically -- and globally. It is also... more

DEAR READERS: Please see the following post from the Union of Concerned Scientists:... more

DEAR READERS: Pet surrenders are rising in Chicago, straining shelters and rescues. Chicago Animal Care and Control has seen a significant increase in surrenders, with numbers this year shaping up to ... more

DEAR READERS: Andrew deCoriolis, executive director of Farm Forward (farmforward.com), has been speaking out about industrial dairies receiving taxpayer-funded bailouts following bird flu outbreaks.... more

DEAR READERS: If you are anything like me, you will support the Union of Concerned Scientists because of your conviction that science can and should be used in service of people and the planet. The sc... more

DEAR READERS: On July 10, Merck Animal Health said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its once-yearly injectable product to treat and protect dogs older than 6 months of age from flea... more

DEAR DR. FOX: You will be interested in a recent article in The New York Times by Rachel Nuwer: "We Love Our Dogs and Cats. But Are They Bad for the Environment?" (Link: nytimes.com/2025/07/29/climate... more

DEAR READERS: The spirits of animals -- whether wild, captive, tamed or domesticated -- have only recently been considered by, or factored into, conventional veterinary medicine. The same is true for ... more