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01.08.2019 Graph showing health insurance expenditures by nativity status, 2014

Immigrants and Private Insurance: Pay More, Use Less

New research in Health Affairs upends the belief that immigrants are a drain on the US health care system.

Fellow Chrissy Packtor

12.21.2018 a close up of letters

Public Health Post

2018 Year in Review

Executive Editor Michael Stein looks back at the best of 2018 and forward to 2019 with the announcement of our new fellows.

Editor Michael Stein

09.21.2018 The letters A, B, C and a globe in a box

The Immigrant Paradox and School Success

Long-spell poverty is associated with lower academic performance, but research by Han et al. also found that children of immigrants were doing as well as, if not better than, children with native-born parents in certain areas like math.

Guest Author Wen-Jui Han

08.23.2018 a statue of liberty with a sunset in the background

Public Charge Regulation and Institutionalizing Immigrant Poverty

The Trump administration's revision of public charge rules could force non-citizens living here legally to choose between benefits and their future immigration status.

Guest Authors Paul Shafer, Seciah Aquino

08.23.2018 a stethoscope on a table

Can We Reverse Course on Health?

The United States lags behind our peer countries on key health indicators. Can we catch up in a few short decades?

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

07.10.2018 Boy in his father's arms holding a small American flag

Don’t Forget about the Kids: Children and Migration

The integration of immigrant children into the United States health system has important implications for the health and well-being of all Americans.

Guest Authors Erin Hamilton, Daniel Ervin, David López-Carr

07.05.2018 Graphic showing how worried immigrants were about claiming Harvey damage

The Immigrant Experience in Hurricane Season

Immigrant families were more fearful that reporting property damage caused by Hurricane Harvey would draw negative attention from authorities.

Fellow Sampada Nandyala

07.02.2018 An older woman in a group dancing cumbia

Rethinking Successful Aging: The Happiness of Older Hispanics

Hispanics, particularly immigrants, are more satisfied with their lives than any other group of older Americans, including Whites.

Guest Author Rocío Calvo

05.10.2018 a statue of liberty with a torch

Health Equity

Public Health and the President's Racism

President Trump has a history of statements that suggests he harbors racist sentiments and of actions that would back up these same sentiments.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein