Public Health Watch rarely covers breaking news, but its investigative reporting is often tied to the news and sometimes foreshadows it. A case in point: the push to slash health coverage for the poor ...

About a year after Blanco County launched its community health paramedicine program in 2022, paramedic Wesley Patton was ...

About a year after Blanco County launched its community health paramedicine program in 2022, paramedic Wesley Patton was referred to a patient in the local jail. The man had been arrested on ...

Analysis shows EPA rollbacks of the HON rule would put overburdened communities at risk and benefit chemical plants that ...

Drinking water chemical may raise kidney disease risk…microplastics detected in human reproductive fluids…air pollution ...

In May, Congress overturned a Biden administration rule that limited pollution of seven toxic chemicals, including lead and ...

Native Americans face highest risk for heart failure from metals…multiple health dangers tied to wildfire smoke…public trust ...

Wellness is vital to avoid a return to prison, but those who served time often reenter society without health insurance or ...

Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief Jim Morris Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief jmorris@publichealthwatch.org Leadership Team David Fritze Editor dfritze@publichealthwatch.org Susan ...

The situation is certainly better in Mississippi and Louisiana than it was in the 1960s, but critics say the Medicaid cuts could reverse hard-fought progress. People who live in the Delta are fiercely ...

INDUSTRY, Pennsylvania – When David Butts’ water filter is off and he turns on a tap in his modest house in this rural community, black water streams out. Butts said his water has gotten progressively ...