Kidney health risk of migrant workers: An issue we can no longer overlook

Migrant farm-workers and health.

Many diseases are more common among Latinos/as than nonHispanic Whites. Rates of teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, diabetes, cirrhosis and cervical cancer are higher among Latinos/as. In particular, rates of alcohol abuse, motor vehicle accidents and interpersonal trauma are higher among Hispanic migrant farm workers. Furthermore, Latinas, including those in farming communit...

Migrant workers' health rights unmet.

Small proteins can no longer be ignored.

Small proteins, here defined as proteins of 50 amino acids or fewer in the absence of processing, have traditionally been overlooked due to challenges in their annotation and biochemical detection. In the past several years, however, increasing numbers of small proteins have been identified either through the realization that mutations in intergenic regions are actually within unannotated small...

Informal International Border Crossing, Refugee and Illegal Migrant Workers: Issue in Travel Medicine

Attributable mortality of Acinetobacter baumannii: no longer a controversial issue

There has been controversy regarding the mortality directly attributed to Acinetobacter baumannii infections. Data from six case-control studies have been recently added to the literature regarding the attributable mortality of A. baumannii infections during the past months. The information from these studies, added to the previous knowledge on this issue, provides evidence that A. baumannii in...