Hurricanes and Heart Attacks, AMR at UNGA, and Immigrants’ Mental Health

Editors' Note

Tropical cyclones have generated devastating headlines in 2024—from Typhoon Bebinca in Shanghai to Hurricane Beryl in the Atlantic. As climate change intensifies those extreme weather events, health systems need to be more resilient to avoid disruptions that can delay life-saving treatments for time-sensitive conditions such as strokes or heart attacks, argues cardiologists Ethan Katznelson and Dhruv Kazi.

Next, as antimicrobial resistance moves into the forefront of policymakers' minds following Thursday's high-level meeting on the topic at the UN General Assembly, James Anderson from the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations calls for investments to revive a dwindling research workforce and develop new medications that can stay ahead of resistant microbes.

Clinical psychologist Germán A. Cadenas then reflects on his research, advocacy, and own experiences as an undocumented immigrant to describe how anti-immigrant rhetoric during U.S. election cycles harms immigrants' mental health and what communities can do to alleviate the burden.

Staying on the topic of immigration, journalist Isabella Rolz describes how a Boston-based podcast is helping Spanish speakers in New England decipher health misinformation and build community.

Until next week!—Nsikan Akpan, Managing Editor, and Caroline Kantis, Associate Editor