Just this week, the president froze billions in funding for renewable-energy projects in Democrat-led states amidst a wider government shutdown, demonstrating why grassroots climate initiatives are increasingly building in resilience from heat, storms, and the government itself.| Public Health Watch
Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.| Public Health Watch
Neighborhoods in industry-friendly states are particularly vulnerable.| Public Health Watch
The Texas Legislature can’t vote on the bill unless it gets a committee hearing within the next two weeks.| Public Health Watch
Pollution problems have been documented for years in the unincorporated community outside Houston.| Public Health Watch
Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details — a decision some experts say is irresponsible.| Public Health Watch
Although Harris County has found that industrial air toxics and pipelines can pose a significant risk to residents, emergency management officials say no mitigation initiatives have been developed| Public Health Watch
Although Harris County has found that industrial air toxics and pipelines can pose a significant risk to residents, emergency management officials say no mitigation initiatives have been developed| Public Health Watch
A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.| Public Health Watch
Nearly 300,000 people in Texas have the life-threatening, life-altering disease. It’s expensive to treat, so health insurance is crucial, though often out of reach.| Public Health Watch
As climate change intensifies, heat health risks from accelerated aging to bad decision-making grow worldwide. Here’s what you need to know.| Public Health Watch
A book on a preventable workplace cancer epidemic by Public Health Watch founder Jim Morris has won the 2025 Science-in-Society award from the National Association of Science Writers.| Public Health Watch
The Public Health Watch serial podcast “Fumed” has won a Barlett and Steele award for investigative business journalism.| Public Health Watch
Legislation pending in Congress would eliminate discriminatory rules that bar anti-obesity medications from the same coverage afforded treatments of other chronic diseases. But its fate is uncertain.| Public Health Watch
Reporter Kim Krisberg talks about what she found in reporting a story about low-income Texans who have epilepsy but lack health insurance.| Public Health Watch
A shortage of mental-health providers and other barriers to proving a disabling condition can make qualifying for benefits especially challenging. Federal funding cuts could worsen the picture.| Public Health Watch
Four years ago Public Health Watch went live with its first investigations focused on the prevention of illness, injury and death.| Public Health Watch
A Weekly Roundup of Public Health News Read more editions of The Watch ‘Locked and Loaded:’ the Final Episode of Fumed The season finale of our podcast, Fumed, reveals new details in an ongoing arson case as two determined Texans continue their fight to protect their community, Channelview, located in the heart of the nation’s […]| Public Health Watch
Community paramedics play a vital role in providing care and assistance that can keep people out of crisis and stabilize their lives. Rural areas struggle to fund the non-emergency positions.| Public Health Watch
Community paramedics play a vital role in providing care and assistance that can keep people out of crisis and stabilize their lives. Rural areas struggle to fund the non-emergency positions.| Public Health Watch
