Emigration And Immigration

In this podcast episode, Maria Abreu, MD, current president of the AGA, discusses the unique upbringing of health care professionals who are children of immigrants, formal versus on-the-job leadership training and more.

In this special 100th episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with her father, Krishna Jain, MD, about work-life balance pertaining to private practice, improving a fragmented health care system and more.

Intercontinental migration showed a positive association with allergies among adults from ethnic groups living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, compared with participants of Dutch origin, according to a letter published in Allergy.

There was a significant decrease in primary care visits among undocumented residents between June 2015 and May 2018, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Among women primarily born in Mexico, deportation worry was linked to nonlinear mean arterial pressure and systolic BP trajectories, which may widen disparities in CVD risk factors and outcomes, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

There was a significant correlation between childhood exposure to nitrogen dioxide and the polygenic risk score for schizophrenia, according to findings published by JAMA Network Open.

It is likely a story most rheumatologists have dealt with: A male patient with severe myositis, barely able to walk, who is challenged at multiple steps to get access to treatment. A muscle biopsy would be too expensive — such big-ticket items are not covered very well — and a small safety-net clinic would be unable to provide such a service. The patient had worked as a landscaper, in the intense summer heat of Phoenix for years, and had been the sole breadwinner for his family. Now, his wife would have to shoulder the burden of caring for him and their children.

Experts have warned that migrant children detained at the southern U.S. border are at risk for numerous illnesses, including some infectious diseases. The revelation last week of a government policy not to vaccinate migrant children and their families against influenza raised concerns among medical experts and drew renewed attention to the reported influenza-related deaths of at least three children in U.S. custody.

Medical professionals caring for migrant children and their families in holding at the southern border will not vaccinate them against influenza in preparation for the upcoming influenza season, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP, confirmed to Infectious Diseases in Children.

In a new policy statement, the AAP provided guidance for pediatricians and local organizations to improve care for immigrant children and their families through practice-level changes and advocacy efforts.