(Undark) – When providing health care for new immigrants and refugees, the world’s faraway conflicts fall sharply into focus.

I work in a clinic in Toronto that largely serves patients who are newcomers to our country, many of whom are seeking asylum. The relationship between patients and doctors is frequently one born of unfortunate and unpredictable events. Patients arrive to our clinic from disparate places such as Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, and Pakistan. What funnels someone to me after their long and complicated journey is often an abnormality unseen or unfelt to them: an opacity on a chest X-ray. (Read More)