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A month of honors for Public Health Watch
Projects on unchecked air pollution and life without health insurance were honored in multiple journalism contests.
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California Struggles With a National Problem: How to Safely Dispose of Dead Car Batteries
One of the nation’s few lead smelters is just outside Los Angeles and wants to renew its operating permit. But nearby ...
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Audio: The Possible Impact of Medicaid Expansion — and Effects of Medicaid Unwinding — on Florida’s Opioid Addiction Care
Florida public radio station WSUF explores the potential impact on opioid addiction treatment if the state were to approve Medicaid expansion, and how Medicaid unwinding is disrupting opioid addiction ...
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Who’s Polluting My Neighborhood? New Database Makes Searching for Chemical, Climate Data Faster, Easier
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 ...
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Thousands Die From Opioid Overdoses in Florida Each Year. Medicaid Expansion Could Lessen the Toll, Experts Say.
Suzanne, who asked that only her first name be used, heads inside a new addiction treatment clinic in Inverness, Florida, in December to pick up her methadone prescription. Credit: Stephanie Colombini ...
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Federal Mine Safety Regulators Finally Focus on Silica Dust — With Thousands Of Miners Sick And Dying
Retired coal miner Mark McCowan reviews an X-ray of his diseased lungs at his home in Pounding Mill, Virginia. McCowan has progressive massive fibrosis, the worst stage of black lung disease. Credit: ...