Category: Doctors & Hospitals
Don’t Close the Door on Immigrant Doctors Willing to Work in Underserved Areas
Even the most die-hard immigration opponents should not complain about doctors, who invested vast amounts of their own time, effort, and money into medical training, hoping to practice their skills here. This is especially true if they are willing to work in underserved areas.
Should Medical School Teach More about Unethical Research?
At what point is history valuable for medical students training to treat diseases? Let me give some examples of how race can affect medicine that is beneficial to physicians. Racial and ethnic minorities experience death at a younger age and illness more frequently across a broad range of chronic conditions. These include high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma, just to name a few. The so-called social determinants of health are a vast area of research nowadays.
Thursday Links – 30 April 2026
- Trump’s HUD: fair housing law should not prevent realtors from answering buyer questions about neighborhood safety and school quality.
- New York City: mediocre public-school education for $40,000 a student.
- Study: regulations are more business friendly in richer than in poorer countries.
- Study: DEI programs cost the economy $94 billion a year.
- Public schools cost 50% more than private schools.