The Watch: September 21, 2023
Coasts will see annual 100-year floods; health care for immigrants isn’t overly costly, and more.
The Watch: September 14, 2023
Stubbornly high infant mortality rates, dangerous chemicals in cleaning products and more.
The Watch: September 7, 2023
Barriers to cancer care for non-English speakers, disadvantaged people more likely to live near weak levees and more.
The Watch: August 31, 2023
High death rates for oil and gas workers, ties between youth drinking and gun-carrying and more.
The Watch: August 24, 2023
This week in The Watch: Mistreatment during pregnancy care, heat’s links to prison suicide watches and more.
The Watch: August 17, 2023
Hunger increases as benefits end; restaurant workers call for heat protections; discrimination linked to kids’ suicide risks, and more.
The Watch: August 10, 2023
Ties between air pollution and colorectal and prostate cancers, EPA poised to reject Alabama’s coal ash plan and more.
The Watch: August 3, 2023
Community health improves dramatically after a P.A. coal plant is closed, childhood lead exposure linked to criminal behavior and more.
The Watch: July 27, 2023
Greater diversity needed in Alzheimer’s studies, oil and gas waste unaccounted for at landfills and more.
The Watch: July 20, 2023
New warehouse safety initiative, chemical treaty often ignored and more.
The Watch: July 13, 2023
Ovarian cancer risk influenced by occupation; U.S has poorer rural health access than other nations; more.
The Watch: July 6, 2023
Links between heat and vision problems, maternal deaths remain high for people of color and more.
The Watch: June 29, 2023
Wildfire smoke and premature deaths, slow progress on cancer in Appalachian Kentucky and more.
The Watch: June 22, 2023
Links between redlining and lower cancer screening rates, U.S. far behind other nations on worker protections and more.
Keep readingThe Watch: June 15, 2023
Suicidal thoughts among lesbian, gay and bisexual people, proposed ban for dry-cleaning chemical and more.
The Watch: June 8, 2023
Mental health care for LGBTQ+ youth lacking, growing dangers of nighttime heat and more.
The Watch: June 1, 2023
Racism and bloodstream infections in kids, missed deadlines in Flint and more.
The Watch: May 25, 2023
Millions of years of life lost by Black Americans, the influence of heat waves on COVID-19 transmission, and more.
The Watch: May 18, 2023
Racial disparities in opioid-use medications; the number of Americans living in counties with “persistent poverty,” and more.
The Watch: May 11, 2023
Disparities in heart failure prevention for Black patients, expected plunge in Medicaid enrollment and more.
Read MoreMay 4, 2023
Coal miner lung exams lagging, Black and Hispanic workers dying at higher rates and more.
Read MoreApril 27, 2023
A registry will track cancer among firefighters, the EPA restricts use of a deadly paint-stripping chemical and more.
Keep readingApril 13, 2023
A plan to limit emissions from chemical plants, burnout among health-care workers and more.
Read moreApril 6, 2023
Links between Alzheimer’s disease and air pollution, resurgent black lung among coal miners and more.
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