A rural Missouri ambulance district brings preventive care into homes, reducing emergencies while highlighting workforce shortages and the need for community-backed EMS funding.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
A Sun-Times investigation found the state’s new prison health care provider comes with a disturbing track record.
Physicians receive lower payments for taking care of Black and Hispanic patients than white patients, according to a new study. Dr. Aaron Schwartz, the study’s lead, explains what may be driving the disparity.
Rural communities face longer EMS response times, making community first-aid knowledge critical.
Ohio faces a radon crisis with Newark having the nation's highest concentrations. Despite decades of knowledge, the state lacks mandatory testing, funding for mitigation, and radon education in medical schools.
All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.
Farmacéuticas reclutan activamente hispanos en ensayos clínicos para cumplir diversidad; participantes vulnerables priorizan pagos sobre riesgos, revelando necesidad de mejor regulación e informado consentimiento.
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.
Participantes latinos en ensayos clínicos ocultan efectos adversos severos para no perder el pago. Las clínicas retienen hasta 20% hasta completar, forzando a inmigrantes vulnerables a aguantar condiciones peligrosas.
Latino immigrants in the U.S. have become "professional guinea pigs" in clinical trials, earning. Worse, they're underrepresented in beneficial studies but overrepresented in risky phase 1 trials.