ICE and hospitals failing at infection control

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Dr. Jay K. Varma’s reports in your inbox a day early.Hello and welcome to Healthbeat’s weekly report on stories shaping public health in the United States.I am 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. Views expressed here are my own.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