Physicians attending a national conference on communicable disease control in April heard
a litany of concerns and complaints from speakers and delegates. Delegates attending the …

Today, accounts of emerging infectious diseases spill from newspaper headlines and garner
lead story status on the evening news. Just as globalization has brought humanity closer …

The United States is experiencing its largest wave of immigration since the beginning of the
20th century, and immigrants are making their way to every region, city, and town. As a …

The United States is experiencing its largest wave of immigration since the beginning of the
20th century, and immigrants are making their way to every region, city, and town. As a …

Health care providers involved in caring for immigrants and refugees must be aware of
overseas and domestic screening protocol recommendations, common disease entities …

Background: Systematic monitoring and analysis of health data for MSAWs is critical to
understanding the level of health improvement planning for the nation. However, the last …

WASHINGTON—Health care for US immigrants needs to go beyond screening for a few
specific infectious diseases by providing care addressing the long-term needs of individuals …

The human population of the earth is estimated to be approximately four billion people, the
majority of whom live in developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. They are the …

President Obama has announced his intention to grant millions of undocumented
immigrants a reprieve from the threat of deportation, along with the possibility of legal …

Several papers in recent issues of the Journal,'2 including the one by Skeels, et al, 3 in the
current issue, bear witness to an upsurge of interest in the medical problems of recent …