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Nov 8, 2024 · by David Leffler and Savanna Strott. About Us. Public Health Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization that focuses on threats to America’s well-being. 2110 Ranch Road 620 South. #340762.
The Watch - Public Health Watch
Apr 6, 2023 · The Watch: June 27, 2024. Landfills release ‘forever chemicals’ into air, millions of US households have high lead levels in soil, infant deaths increase after Texas abortion ban, rising health care costs endanger jobs and more. by Michele Late June 28, 2024June 28, 2024.
The Watch: November 14, 2024 - Public Health Watch
1 day ago · by Michele Late November 14, 2024. Childbirth costly for many low-income Americans. Low-income people with commercial insurance often have higher childbirth costs than people with Medicaid, a new study in Millbank Quarterly finds. While 81% of people covered by Medicaid pay no childbirth-related costs, less than 16% of low-income people who ...
The Watch: Oct 17, 2024 - Public Health Watch
The Watch: Oct 17, 2024. Air pollution raises heart attack risk. Long-term exposure to air pollution can significantly increase the odds of having a heart attack, new science in Environmental Health Perspectives finds. Researchers examined more than a decade of data on people participating in a multi-year health study, finding their heart ...
About Us - Public Health Watch
Our Mission Public Health Watch is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization that focuses on threats to America’s well-being. We illuminate weaknesses and injustices in the nation’s health infrastructure and policies, expose inequities and highlight solutions. National in scope, we collaborate with media outlets large and small and …
The Watch: June 6, 2024 - Public Health Watch
The Watch: June 6, 2024. US mental health lags behind other high-income nations. Americans have some of the highest rates of mental health conditions compared with other high-income countries, but cost and other barriers often prevent them from receiving care, new research finds. The Commonwealth Fund surveyed more than 21,000 people in 10 ...
Introducing Public Health Watch
Aug 16, 2021 · Today we unveil Public Health Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news site that will focus on the prevention of illness, injury and death. The timing is fortuitous, given the maddeningly resilient COVID-19 virus. But the idea of Public Health Watch has been percolating for more than two years. While we’re all preoccupied with the pandemic, […]
Manganese in Public Water Systems - Public Health Watch
Aug 29, 2023 · An EPA survey released in 2021 tested 5,034 public water systems across the U.S. and found potentially unsafe levels of manganese — where neurological effects may occur — in 106, or 2.1%, of them. The EPA advises consuming no more than 300 micrograms per liter each day over a lifetime to protect people’s health.
We can’t fix health care if we’re not talking about it
Sep 10, 2024 · According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of Americans without health insurance jumped from a historic low of 7.2% last summer to 8.2% — over 27 million people — in the first quarter of 2024. Without policy changes, these numbers will only grow larger. Studies suggest that those without ...
Impact - Public Health Watch
Impact: OSHA Announces Enforcement Initiative After Public Health Watch Reveals Silicosis Cluster in California. At least 77 fabricators of engineered-stone countertops in the state have been diagnosed with an accelerated form of the fatal lung disease since January 2016. by Jim Morris September 26, 2023.