Public Health

Research from American University reveals new findings on public health

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 29th, 2010

According to recent research published in the journal Public Health Reports, "The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 coincided with a major wave of immigration to the United States. More than 23.5 million newcomers arrived between 1880 and the 1920s, mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Canada, and Mexico."

"During earlier epidemics, the foreign-born were often stigmatized as disease carriers whose very presence endangered their hosts. Because this influenza struck individuals of all groups and classes throughout the country, no single immigrant group was blamed, although there were many local cases of medicalized prejudice. The foreign-born needed...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2010-06-29)

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