Joseph Nwadiuko MD PHD

@jnwadiuko.bsky.social

Nigerian, physician, health economist, glucophile. AP Hospital Medicine @Penn. Immigration, global health, prisons

How does health care utilization vary among Black people with different legal statuses? LDI expert @jnwadiuko.bsky.social found that Black immigrants—especially those who are undocumented—have higher rates of uninsurance and are less likely to use certain types of care. https://bit.ly/4fRuxgR

Black Immigrants Face Greater Barriers to Health Care

LDI’s Joseph Nwadiuko finds that Black immigrants, especially those who are undocumented, face higher rates of uninsurance and lower health care use.

ldi.upenn.edu

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Deaths in ICE detention have surged. @sfchronicle.com is tracking them here. The database is the foundation of a Chronicle investigation by @stjbs.bsky.social and myself about medical delays, missed and misdiagnoses and other failures that drove record deaths. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

Deaths in ICE custody have surged. The Chronicle is tracking them

Detainee deaths in ICE custody have surged since 2025. The Chronicle is tracking them all here.

sfchronicle.com

Doctors say woman in El Paso ICE detention urgently requires surgery that is being denied. “It is my medical opinion that Ms. Pedro Francisco will suffer irreparable harm if this treatment is not provided promptly." OB-GYNs & an emergency physician agreed. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/20/e...

Woman detained by ICE wrongfully denied surgery, doctors say

Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February but was detained by ICE, which has repeatedly denied her surgery. Nine doctors who reviewed her case said she...

texastribune.org