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       How ICE and hospitals are failing at infection control written
       by a physician, epidemiologist, and public health expert 
   DIR By: Masked Man
       Date: March 18, 2026, 7:27 pm
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       How ICE and hospitals are failing at infection control
       By Dr. Jay K. Varma
       (a physician, epidemiologist, and public health expert currently
       serving as chief medical officer at Fedcap, a national nonprofit
       focused on economic mobility and well-being for vulnerable
       communities).
       March 18, 2026
       "...In the past week, I have been alarmed by the number of
       infectious disease outbreaks occurring at Immigration and
       Customs Enforcement detention facilities while the Trump
       administration is planning to expand their size even more.
       It is not just ICE that is failing in infection control: A new
       survey reveals hospitals are under-investing as well. And we
       have interesting new data on a topic I covered a few weeks ago —
       longevity, or the science of living larger — and a further
       reminder that medications and tests are less important than who
       and what we surround ourselves with...."
       LINK:
  HTML https://www.healthbeat.org/2026/03/18/ice-hospital-outbreaks-frenemies-longevity/
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