Fifty years after first being urged to act, federal mine safety regulators will finally impose strict exposure limits on ...
U.S. drug overdose deaths have soared over the past decade, and every state is being impacted. But research suggests states ...
These WUSF radio reports explore the potential impact on opioid addiction treatment in Florida if the state were to approve ...
George Galindo in the front yard of his Channelview, Texas, home. "I really love where I live," Galindo said. "But they're trying to industrialize the whole neighborhood." Credit: Mark Felix ...
Public Health Watch and three partners today are launching FencelineData.org, a revolutionary tool that will make it easier for journalists, community advocates, researchers and members of the public ...
In the summer of 2019, Karson Lewis, then 23, was hiking with friends around Belton Lake, north of Austin, Texas when her legs suddenly stopped working. “It felt like I was stuck in quicksand, like my ...
In Texas, the rates of residents under age 65 who lack health insurance vary widely by political district. The rates are generally higher in Democrat-led legislative districts than Republican-led ones ...
Data visualization by Ben Vankat. Research by Natasha Gilbert. An EPA survey released in 2021 tested 5,034 public water systems across the U.S. and found potentially unsafe levels of manganese — where ...
Jim Morris is founder of Public Health Watch and has been a journalist since 1978, focusing on public health and the environment. He is the author of “The Cancer Factory,” an investigative book on ...