A Letter to You

My thoughts now that we are in 2026

Dear friends,

As a new year opens, I’ve been thinking a lot about how strange and extraordinary this little corner of the internet has become. What started as a place to explain allergies, vaccines, and immune systems somehow grew into conversations about trust, fear, curiosity, parenthood, medicine, misinformation, and how we take care of one another in a very loud world.

And none of that happens without you.

Whether you’ve been here since the early days or you just arrived last week after stumbling onto a reel or thread, I want to start 2026 by saying thank you. Thank you for reading, sharing, questioning, disagreeing respectfully, and caring enough about your own health (or your child’s, or your patients’) to keep learning. The fact that so many of you choose nuance over outrage and evidence over vibes gives me real hope.

This year will be a meaningful one for me professionally and personally. My book, All About Allergies, comes out in February. It’s the most ambitious thing I’ve written so far. The book is part science, part storytelling, part myth-busting, and very much written with you in mind. It’s meant to live on your nightstand, not a medical library shelf. I can’t wait to finally share it with you after years of drafts, edits, diagrams, and late-night writing.

At the same time, I’m trying to be more intentional about how I show up—online and off. One of my goals for 2026 is taking better care of my health: protecting my energy, moving my body more consistently, and remembering that burnout is not a badge of honor, even in medicine. Another is protecting time with my family, who ground me in ways algorithms never could, and yes, I’m also thinking deeply about how to take better care of you, my audience—by creating work that’s useful, honest, and worth your time.

Which brings me to why I’m writing this.

I’d love to know: what do you want to see from me in 2026?

More long-form writing here?
Shorter myth-busting posts you can share with family group chats?
Deep dives into controversial claims?
Behind-the-scenes looks at how doctors actually think?
More about navigating health anxiety in the age of algorithms?
More practical guides, fewer hot takes, or vice versa?

This space exists because of a conversation, not a monologue, so consider this an open invitation to help shape what comes next. You can reply to this post, comment, or just hit “like” on the ideas you agree with when others share them. I’m listening.

Thank you for trusting me with your attention in a time when attention is constantly being fought over. Thank you for caring about science even when it’s inconvenient. And thank you for reminding me, again and again, why doing this work still matters.

Here’s to a healthier, more curious, more compassionate 2026 for all of us.

With gratitude,

Dr. Rubin