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 ...

Although a recent poll found that the majority of Texans — 71% — support expanding Medicaid, b ills to join the 40 other states that have taken that step for low-income adults never even got out of ...

How Much Manganese Is Safe? The EPA suggests that people consume water with no more than 300 µg/L of manganese each day over their lifetime s to avoid potential neurological harm. Infants younger than ...

Channelview’s Benzene Crisis at a Glance New data show that residents of Channelview, Texas, were exposed to higher levels of cancer-causing benzene in 2021 than ever recorded in the community’s ...