Public Health Watch

07/10/2025

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.

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.

07/10/2025

Public Health Watch rarely covers breaking news, but its investigative reporting is often tied to it — and sometimes, as in the case of a Medicaid crisis, foreshadows it....

Public Health Watch rarely covers breaking news, but its investigative reporting is often tied to it — and sometimes, as in the case of a Medicaid crisis, foreshadows it.

07/03/2025

The "big, beautiful bill" would cause 11.8 million more Americans to become uninsured by 2034....

The "big, beautiful bill" would cause 11.8 million more Americans to become uninsured by 2034.

07/02/2025

"For me this place represents violence. Deep, deep, violation."

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

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

06/26/2025

For people who were incarcerated, wellness is critical to avoid a return to prison. But they often reenter society without health insurance or medicine for chronic conditions.

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

06/26/2025

Wellness is vital for people released from prison to avoid reincarceration. But they often reenter society without health insurance or medicine for chronic conditions....

Wellness is vital for people released from prison to avoid reincarceration. But they often reenter society without health insurance or medicine for chronic conditions.

06/24/2025

In the first five months of his second term, President Donald Trump changed federal environmental regulations — and the agencies that enforce them — in ways that will directly affect Texans who live near oil refineries and petrochemical facilities. 
The roughly 46,000 residents of Channelview, an unincorporated community outside Houston, will feel the effects firsthand.

06/24/2025

Neighborhoods in industry-friendly states are particularly vulnerable....

Neighborhoods in industry-friendly states are particularly vulnerable.

06/18/2025

Teens and young adults are coming of age amid a rising culture of fear, intensified by the rhetoric and policies of President Trump. Columnist Lisa Doggett and her 17-year-old daughter, Clara Williams, a rising high school senior, share their perspectives on what this means for Gen Z. For this column, Clara interviewed three other high school students in Austin....

Teens and young adults are coming of age amid a rising culture of fear, intensified by the rhetoric and policies of President Trump. Columnist Lisa Doggett and her 17-year-old daughter, Clara Williams, a rising high school senior, share their perspectives on what this means for Gen Z. For this colum...

06/17/2025

If you haven’t listen to ‘Fumed’ yet, now is the time!
Read more online in the essay by composer Micheal Ramos, and find out why he chose to take on the modest job of working on ‘Fumed’.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

06/17/2025

Latest from the Watch: Health care, social workers have high rates of depression

Depression is more common for workers in the health care and social assistance field than in almost any other U.S. profession, a new study finds.

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06/17/2025

Latest from the Watch: Health care, social workers have high rates of depression

https://publichealthwatch.org/newsletter/depression-ranks-high-for-health-care-social-workers/