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Adding 1,000 immigrants tied to 142 more health workers, fewer elderly deaths

  • March 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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Adding 1,000 immigrants tied to 142 more health workers, fewer elderly deaths
New research finds the addition of a thousand new immigrants in a metropolitan area reduces elderly mortality by about 10 deaths than would be typical. Why? Because among the newcomers are foreign-born health care workers who are arriving amid a critical nationwide shortage, according to the study's authors, who hail from Harvard Medical School, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Rochester.

Originally published at Phys.org

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