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The article focuses on the interconnectedness of human health and the environment, examining expansive health models like One Health, Social Determinants of Health, and Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). It discusses the importance of understanding environments as part of human organisms, emphasizing microbial communities' role in health and proposing a broader view to address environmental injustices from a bioethical standpoint.

The authors comment on an article about the use of randomized controlled trials (RCT) for experimental treatments for Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa, by A. Caplan, C. Plunkett and B. Levin which was published within the issue. Topics mentioned include the usefulness of RCT over other trial designs, the hindering factors for the development of effective interventions for EVD, and the different approaches to understanding infectious diseases like Ebola.