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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Industrial plants and chemical storage tanks as seen from the San Jacinto Monument just north of Deer Park. The city is surrounded by more than 20 chemical plants subject to the HON rule. Credit: Mark ...

In Texas, a Sharper Affliction of Cervical Cancer Texas women suffer from some of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the nation, in both newly diagnosed cases and deaths. Certain areas, such as ...