Articles tagged as: immigrant health
September 24, 2025
Fear of deportation is keeping people from accessing healthcare
According to a report from Axios, there has been a 127% increase in ICE arrests in Indiana from January to June of this year. Doctors, and others, worry that this will have negative health impacts on some of the 11 million immigrants here without legal status.
Read MoreJuly 8, 2024
How do language barriers affect lead education outreach efforts?
Lead exposure can lead to long-term consequences for children, especially if not caught and treated quickly. Outreach on the risks of lead often falls to , but what happens when there is a language barrier?
Read MoreNovember 3, 2022
Barred from Medicaid, some pregnant immigrants have few options for care
Immigrants in some states cant get Medicaid due to a federal law that bars many people on visas and green cards from receiving public assistance, including Medicaid, for their first five years in the country.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2022
How a rural hospital broke language barriers to provide COVID vaccines to immigrants
Some small towns in the Midwest are growing due to an influx of immigrants, which includes some who speak rare languages. Hospitals and community leaders have had to adapt to make COVID vaccines accessible to those communities.
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