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WEBSep 18, 2024 · by Public Health WatchJuly 18, 2024. Two years ago, Public Health Watch’s editor-in-chief got a tip about an unpublicized silicosis epidemic among immigrant workers in the LA area. Having written about this fatal lung disease before, he quickly grasped what a huge story this was.
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WEBApr 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 …
Introducing Public Health Watch
WEBAug 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, […]
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WEBOur 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 college journalism and public health ...
Manganese in Public Water Systems - Public Health Watch
WEBAug 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.
Introducing The Watch - Public Health Watch
WEBApr 4, 2023 · Almost every day, interesting things arrive in my email inbox: Reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on topics as diverse as gun violence and black lung; new academic studies on toxic chemicals; new data on Medicaid coverage and the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. We simply don’t have time at Public Health Watch […]
10 Things to Know About the Unwinding of the Medicaid …
WEBOct 25, 2022 · At the start of the pandemic, Congress enacted the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which included a requirement that Medicaid programs keep people continuously enrolled through the end of the month in which the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) ends, in exchange for enhanced federal funding.. Primarily due to the continuous enrollment requirement, Medicaid enrollment has ...
We can’t fix health care if we’re not talking about it
WEBSep 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 ...
Who’s Polluting My Neighborhood? New Database Makes …
WEBApr 4, 2024 · 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 to find information on companies that release harmful chemicals and contribute to climate change.. The tool will be of special interest to fenceline communities — neighborhoods situated near ...
‘Chronic Underfunding’ of Public Health Threatens Lives in U.S., …
WEBJul 27, 2022 · The United States spent $4.1 trillion on health in 2020 but only 5.4% of that amount went toward public health — the prevention of illness and death, a new report has found.. The Trust for America’s Health offered this stark example, among others, of what it called “chronic underfunding of public health at both the federal and state levels,” which has left the nation “ill-prepared ...