Public Health Watch

Public Health Watch is a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization dedicated to investigating issues that affect the health of Americans. We shine a light on the flaws and injustices within the country's health systems and policies, revealing disparities and showcasing potential solutions. Operating on a national level, we partner with various media organizations, from large networks to smaller outlets, as well as colleges that focus on journalism and public health. Our mission is to uncover truths that ensure accountability among institutions and individuals, driving meaningful change.

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Amid Potential Cuts, Push for Medicaid Expansion in Wisconsin Continues - Public Health Watch

1 week ago | publichealthwatch.org | Sean Kirkby

For Eau Claire families, Julia Bennker provides an essential service by caring for nine toddlers. She works with as many children and families as she can, given the scarcity of child care providers in the western Wisconsin community. By her estimation, she makes around $5 an hour. That qualifies her for BadgerCare Plus, the state’s Medicaid healthcare program for low-income children and adults.
May 24, 2025 - Public Health Watch

2 weeks ago | publichealthwatch.org | Michele Late

A weekly roundup of public health newsAs hurricane winds become stronger with climate change, losses for U.S. property owners will become significantly worse, especially for those in the South, a new study in Risk Analysis predicts. By 2060, wind-related losses for homeowners in Southeastern coastal states could be as much as 76% higher, and by 2100, they could be 102% higher, according to the study, which was released May 21.
In Southeast Kansas, Homelessness Is Treated as Health Care, and People Are Getting Off the Streets

2 weeks ago | publichealthwatch.org | Anna Kaminski

PITTSBURG, Kansas — Stevie and Brandon Perez could not stay awake any longer. They found two chairs in Mercy Hospital’s intensive care unit waiting room, a place they knew would be open, and they drifted off. Around 1 a.m., a hospital staff member shook them awake: “You guys gotta go.”It was time to move again, but this time would be the last. This time, they were serious. Stevie and Brandon mostly walked around at night.
A Pill Could End the HIV Epidemic. Why Do So Few Mississippians Take it?

3 weeks ago | publichealthwatch.org | Gwen Dilworth

Jermany Gray worked up the nerve to ask his doctor about preventive medication for human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, at his last check-up before leaving Jackson to go to college. He knew that for someone like him – a young, Black, gay man living in Mississippi – the odds of acquiring HIV were alarmingly high.
In the Deep South, Health Care Fights Echo Civil Rights Battles

1 month ago | publichealthwatch.org | Anna Claire Vollers

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Tara Campbell unlocked the front door of the Bricklayers Hall, a no-frills brick building on South Union Street in downtown Montgomery, half a mile from the white-domed Alabama Capitol. She was dressed in leggings, a T-shirt and bright blue running shoes. It was 8 a.m. on a Saturday, and she exuded the bouncy enthusiasm of a Zumba instructor as she welcomed the handful of Black women who’d just arrived. Like Campbell, they were dressed for a workout.
Trump’s Public Health Leaders Undermine Trust for Some

1 month ago | publichealthwatch.org | Michele Late

A weekly roundup of public health newsMore than 4 in 10 Americans say they will lose trust in public health recommendations because of new leaders appointed by the Trump administration. The findings, released April 29, come from a national poll conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and de Beaumont Foundation in March. Although 44% of U.S. adults overall said they will have less trust in federal public health agencies, the results were split starkly along party lines.
Measles could surge without more vaccinations - Public Health Watch

1 month ago | publichealthwatch.org | Michele Late

A weekly roundup of public health newsMeasles — a disease once considered eliminated in the U.S. — could be on its way to an explosion of cases over the next two dozen years, a new study warns. At current vaccination rates, the U.S. could experience 851,300 cases of measles over the next 25 years, according to the April 24 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries

1 month ago | publichealthwatch.org | Jim Morris |Molly Peterson

On August 6, 2012, a corroded, eight-inch pipe at Chevron’s oil refinery in Richmond, California, cracked open, sending a white cloud hundreds of feet into the air. The cloud quickly engulfed the 19 refinery firefighters, managers and other workers who had been trying to fix what had been a small leak in the pipe. Some of them went to ground, unable to see past their hands; most ran or crawled out of the way. Then the vapor ignited, trapping a firefighter in a truck.
Texas Ranks Highest for Harmful Chemicals in Water

1 month ago | publichealthwatch.org | Michele Late

A weekly roundup of public health newsMore than 122 million Americans are at risk from byproducts left behind during disinfection of drinking water supplies, a new analysis from the Environmental Working Group finds. Nearly 6,000 community water systems experienced at least one instance of unsafe levels of trihalomethanes from 2019 to 2023, according to the April 10 report. The chemicals, also known as TTHMs, have been linked to birth defects and increased bladder and colorectal cancer risks.
Hospitals, patients face threats to emergency care - Public Health Watch

1 month ago | publichealthwatch.org | Michele Late

A weekly roundup of public health newsLong-festering problems within the nation’s emergency care system are increasing, putting both hospitals and patients at risk, a new report finds. Released April 7 by the RAND research organization, the report said issues such as long emergency department wait times, patient boarding in emergency department beds and high levels of uncompensated care are expanding, threatening the viability of EDs within U.S. hospitals.