Assessment of immigration law enforcement presence in a teaching hospital along the US/Mexico border.

Background: Over the past decade, the United States (US) has seen a spike in migration across the US-Mexico border with an increase in hospital admissions of migrants and asylum-seekers under the custody of immigration law enforcement (ILE). This study aimed to determine how the presence of ILE officials affects patient care and provider experience in a teaching hospital setting.

Methods: This cross-sectional online survey solicited quantitative and qualitative feedback from medical students, residents, and attending physicians (n = 1364) at a teaching hospital system with two campuses in Arizona.

Evaluating the Impact of Student-run Asylum Clinics in the US from 2016-2018.

Individuals applying for asylum must demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution. By documenting signs of torture and other forms of abuse, medical evaluations can provide forensic evidence to support asylum claims. The backlog of pending immigration cases in the United States recently exceeded one million.

A1 adenosine receptor signaling reduces Streptococcus pneumoniae adherence to pulmonary epithelial cells by targeting expression of platelet-activating factor receptor.

Extracellular adenosine production is crucial for host resistance against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) and is thought to affect antibacterial immune responses by neutrophils. However, whether extracellular adenosine alters direct host-pathogen interaction remains unexplored. An important determinant for lung infection by S.