Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer ...

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 ...

Continued steep cuts to the National Institutes of Health could slow the pipeline of life-saving medicines in the U.S., a new analysis warns. A proposed 39% budget cut to the NIH could put the ...

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

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

A book on a preventable workplace cancer epidemic by Public Health Watch founder Jim Morris has won the 2025 ...

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

Legislation pending in Congress would eliminate discriminatory rules that bar anti-obesity medications from the same coverage ...

More rural hospitals could be forced to close … Hispanic, Black workers face high rates of serious on-the-job injuries ...