About Mepa8

Medicine · EMS · Public health · Awareness

8 = always on

Mepa8 is a free daily news site for medicine, EMS, public health and wellness. We cover what changed: recalls, approvals, new data, big announcements and the stories behind them. Turn the 8 on its side and it is infinity. Health news does not stop when a shift ends, and neither do we.

Ryan Bolden, founder and editor. EMS professional, based in Sacramento, California.

The facts

Mepa8 is a free, independent news site. It started October 13, 2026.
It covers medicine, EMS, public health and wellness: recalls, approvals, new data and the stories behind them.
It is made in Sacramento, California, and published at mepa8.com.
Every story links its primary sources. There are no paid placements or sponsored stories.
To reach the editor, use the contact form.

Medical review: we are adding a clinical reviewer. Until then, each story says "Medical review pending".

Editorial standards

Every story is built from primary sources: FDA and CDC records, peer-reviewed research, government data and statements from the people involved. We link each source so you can check our work.

We say plainly what the records do not tell us. We do not run paid placements or sponsored stories. Mepa8 reports news; it is not medical advice.

How we check facts

Every number, date and quote in a story is checked against the source it came from before we publish. When a source is unclear, we say so instead of guessing.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a dated note at the end of the story saying what changed. To report an error, use the contact form.

How we use AI

We use AI tools to help gather records and draft stories. A person checks every number and quote against the sources and edits every story before it is published. Each story says how it was made.

AI search engines and assistants may read Mepa8 and learn from our articles. We ask that they cite Mepa8 and link the story.

Image credits

Aed lead: Bill Kasman, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to 16:9, resized.
Ems night: William B. Grice, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to 16:9, resized, converted to black and white.
Plague sem: NIAID, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to 16:9, resized, converted to black and white.
School hall: Charlie Maib, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to 16:9, resized, converted to black and white.
Iv training: Staff Sgt. Alexander Burnett, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to 16:9, resized, converted to black and white.
Ambulance abq: Jim Legans, Jr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to 16:9, resized, converted to black and white.