He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.

Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details — a decision some experts s...

Once a kinship family gets certified, they receive the same daily rate as foster families that take in children they don’t know, which ranges from $43 to $66 per day.

Last year, state epidemiologists studied an industrialized region east of Houston. They reported finding high rates of cancer, but refused to release key geographic details — a decision some experts say is irresponsible.

Two weeks on, Roseland families are cleaning their homes, aching for answers, and still fearing what they breathe.

The town of Vail abruptly canceled her artist residency over an Instagram post in support of Gaza.

The Rio Grande Valley of Texas is engulfed in an Alzheimer’s crisis. That disease -- and other forms of dementia -- is afflicting the Valley’s mostly Latino residents and taxing their caregivers. As Public Health Watch staff writer Raquel Torres reported August 7, Texas ranks second in the nation for Alzheimer’s deaths and third in prevalence. But the state’s lack of funding for memory care and support, along with its ongoing refusal to expand Medicaid, is making matters worse.

Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.

Texas leaders are hoping to boost research funding for Alzheimer's and other dementia-related diseases. But doctors and family caregivers in the chronically underfunded Rio Grande Valley worry they ar...

Black men who have been incarcerated have elevated rates of PTSD, depression and psychological distress.

Ottawa County faces a groundwater shortage despite being surrounded by water bodies. Officials urge conservation as wells run dry amid moderate drought conditions.

The White House exempted 49 chemical plants from the HON rule that required them to monitor and control air emissions to reduce cancer risks for millions.

Colorado held its first greenhouse gas credit auction but details on which companies bought their way out of emissions regulations is unknown.

Analysis shows EPA rollbacks of the HON rule would put overburdened communities at risk and benefit chemical plants that frequently violate their permits.

The White House exempted 49 chemical plants from the HON rule that required them to monitor and control air emissions to reduce cancer risks for millions.

A mental health program in Colorado that helps our most vulnerable is closing down due to funding shortages, leaving residents without a clear path forward.