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10/07/2025

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.

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10/07/2025

NIH Cuts Could Mean Fewer New Drugs For Americans

Cancer, HIV, rare disease treatments could be hurt by steep cuts…income inequality can change structure of kids’ brains…living near polluters can harm mental health…and more

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10/07/2025

NIH Cuts Could Mean Fewer New Drugs For Americans

Cancer, HIV, rare disease treatments could be hurt by steep cuts…income inequality can change structure of kids’ brains…living near polluters can harm mental health…and more

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10/06/2025

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...

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

10/02/2025

As climate change intensifies, heat health risks from accelerated aging to bad decision-making grow worldwide. Here’s what you need to know....

As climate change intensifies, heat health risks from accelerated aging to bad decision-making grow worldwide. Here’s what you need to know.

09/30/2025

A book on a 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. https://publichealthwatch.org/2025/09/30/cancer-chemicals-science-books-award/

09/30/2025

A book on a preventable workplace cancer epidemic by Public Health Watch founder and executive director Jim Morris has won the 2025 Science-in-Society award from the National Association of Science Writers. “The Cancer Factory,” published last year by Beacon Press, chronicled an outbreak of bladder cancer at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company’s chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York....

A book on a preventable workplace cancer epidemic by Public Health Watch founder and executive director Jim Morris has won the 2025 Science-in-Society award from the National Association of Science Writers. “The Cancer Factory,” published last year by Beacon Press, chronicled an outbreak of blad...

09/30/2025

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09/30/2025

The Public Health Watch serial podcast “Fumed” has won a Barlett and Steele national award for investigative business journalism.
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09/30/2025

NEW from : Anti-obesity drugs work. "But such therapy is out of reach for millions of Americans due to high prices and insurance coverage exclusions. That needs to change."

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.

09/30/2025

The Public Health Watch serial podcast “Fumed,” which profiles two politically conservative residents of a Texas community besieged by pollution, has won a Barlett and Steele award for investigative business journalism. The award is sponsored by the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at Arizona State University. “Fumed” received the bronze award in the local/regional category. “This is a compelling story of two unlikely activists trying to save their small community from the growing hazards of one of the largest petrochemical hubs in the world, the nearby Houston Shipping Channel,” Barlett and Steele judges said....

The Public Health Watch serial podcast “Fumed,” which profiles two politically conservative residents of a Texas community besieged by pollution, has won a Barlett and Steele award for investigative business journalism. The award is sponsored by the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism at Ari...

09/30/2025

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....

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.