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.