Kavita Batra (Medicine), along with Jagdish Khubchandani (New Mexico State University) and Andrew Yockey (University of Mississippi), co-authored the editorial “Social and Political Activism in Scientific Medical Journals: Belief-Based Evidence or Evidence-Based Beliefs?” in the Journal of Medicine, Surgery, and Public Health. The editorial examines the growing role of social and political activism in medical journals, weighing its potential benefits and risks for scientific integrity, clinical practice, and public trust. The authors argue that while activism can coexist with scientific publishing, it must be purposeful, evidence-based, and carefully considered to preserve the core mission of advancing objective, reliable, and clinically relevant public health knowledge.