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Introducing Public Health Watch

WEBIntroducing Public Health Watch. Today we unveil Public Health Watch, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news site that will focus on the prevention of illness, …

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URL: https://publichealthwatch.org/2021/08/16/introducing-public-health-watch/

In East Texas, Living With Diabetes and No Health Insurance

WEBMillions more in Texas and tens of millions in the U.S. have prediabetes or diabetes and don’t even know it, the CDC estimates. The risks of going without a …

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A Free Medical Clinic Opened in Rural East Texas. Thousands …

WEBDoug Curran in his office at the East Texas Community Clinic in Athens last November. Curran helped open the safety-net clinic in 2020 after decades of practicing …

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'Chronic Underfunding' of Public Health Threatens Lives in U.S., …

WEBThe 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 …

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California Regulators Drafting Emergency Rule to Combat Deadly …

WEBWorkplace regulators in California are drafting an emergency rule to address an epidemic of silicosis — a deadly, preventable lung disease — among …

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Uninsured Country: Affordable Health Care Eludes Many Family …

WEBTo gain health insurance, some farmers and ranchers take a second job off the land with an employer that offers group coverage. Or, their spouses work full time to …

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Rural Safety-Net Clinic Flush With Patients Takes a Step Toward

WEBIn September, Public Health Watch published a narrative about Robison and the two physicians and longtime friends — Doug Curran and Ted Mettetal — who …

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‘Breakthrough’ Study Ties Microplastics to Strokes, Heart Attacks

WEBby Jim Morris March 6, 2024. Microplastics and even smaller nanoplastics have been linked by a new study to strokes and heart attacks Credit: Adobe Stock. When we hear about …

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Kansas' Unrivaled Rural Hospital Crisis: 58% at Risk of Closing, 82%

WEBThe Center for Healthcare Quality didn’t disclose which of 59 rural Kansas hospitals were on the ropes. Supporters and opponents of Medicaid expansion also …

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Fine Particles Kill Thousands of Texans a Year. It’s Likely to Get

WEBHow they did it: To estimate deaths and health conditions attributable to fine-particle pollution in Texas, researchers Luke Bryan and Dr. Philip Landrigan plugged …

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The Deadly Toll of Fine-Particle Pollution in Texas

WEBIt is based on a study by data researcher Luke Bryan and Dr. Philip Landrigan, an epidemiologist and air-pollution expert at Boston College. They analyzed …

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Kansas Governor Unveils Revenue-Neutral Medicaid Expansion …

WEBHOLTON, Kansas — Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled Thursday her proposal for a Medicaid expansion package that includes a work requirement, revenue streams to …

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Advocates Plan New Push for Kansas Medicaid Expansion Despite …

WEBThis story is part of a Kansas Reflector series examining the impact of the state’s refusal to expand Medicaid. Dec. 11: The uninsured. Dec. 12: Struggling …

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing …

WEBCHANNELVIEW, Texas — For nearly 20 years, Texas environmental regulators have kept a disturbing secret. People living in a small, unincorporated …

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Reaching for Air: How a Historic Mistake Led to Salt Lake City’s

WEBExperts point to several reasons why air quality is worse on Salt Lake County’s west side than other places: The interstate highways that run through and past …

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A Small Town Struggles to Survive in the Heart of Mississippi's

WEBAn empty hallway inside the former Patients' Choice Medical Center of Humphreys County in Belzoni, Mississippi, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Credit: Eric J. …

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