Ensayos clínicos en EE.UU. carecen de registro nacional obligatorio para rastrear participantes, permitiendo que voluntarios "profesionales" ganen $80k+ anuales en múltiples estudios sin supervisión sanitaria.
Healthcare Regulation and Reform
A new law is aimed at supporting doula and lactation workers, but many say the success of those reforms depends on whether the state can fix persistent payment problems.
In Part One of the Mercury’s Pulse Check series, we examine the challenges that were roiling the state health department even before this year’s federal cuts introduced new hurdles, and how officials are responding.
Massive fees, new visa restrictions and aggressive immigration crackdowns threaten to severely disrupt, if not crush, health services at places like Brookdale Hospital in New York City.
An AI suicide-prevention startup collapsed amid financial and governance questions.
Contrary to many predictions, abortions did not decline nationally after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. Here's what's behind the trend.
Salinas Valley farmworkers, facing rising nitrate-tainted wells, are pushing for fertilizer limits and suing regulators. Meanwhile, many are reyling on bottled water to avoid the health risks stemming from contaminated wells.
Heavy fertilizer use in the Salinas Valley pollutes water with nitrates. Experts are pushing for limits, but regulation has stalled, leaving 14,000 people exposed to health risks.
The California community of Patterson stopped efforts to address a drinking water contaminant not because it was no longer an issue but because the city couldn’t afford remediation. Now residents say needs to do more to address their growing concerns.
The Health Divide: Measles cases have hit a three-decade high, and not everyone is equally protected
Measles cases are at their highest numbers in decades amid declining vaccinations, persistent disparities and vaccine misinformation, leaving millions of children vulnerable.