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MCN is a featured CDC partner!
Wed, 04/10/2013
MCN is a featured partner on the CDC's National Prevention Information Network. The CDC NPIN chooses Featured Partners that offers HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, STD, and TB prevention-focused services, programs, and materials. The CDC's goal is to highlight the work of CDC's prevention partners and encourage partners to connect with each other to share information and strategies. Organizations are nominated by CDC or their peers, or are self-nominated.
RESOURCE: Pesticide Comic Books Now Available
Tue, 04/02/2013
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MCN's CMO interviewed on XDR-TB Patient Detained on U.S. Border
Wed, 03/06/2013
MCN's Medical Director, Ed Zuroweste, was interviewed and quoted for this article about XDR-TB in the Wall Street Journal
Dangerous TB Patient Detained on U.S. Border By Betsy McKay
Univ. of Minnesota Lecture Series on Immigrant and Refugee Health
Tue, 02/12/2013
University of Minnesota has a large global health training program. They are offering an open access lecture series online in immigrant and refugee health.
New EPA Rules Protect Women and Children from Chemical Testing
Mon, 02/11/2013
The Environmental Protection Agency, on Friday, February 8, strengthened federal standards to make it harder for the chemical industry to use people as test subjects in pesticide research that is sent to the agency to help set health protection standards.
MCN Supports Occupation in EHRs
Wed, 01/09/2013
MCN strongly supports including work information, namely industry and occupation, in electronic health records (EHRs). Information related to the patient’s occupation is important in the recognition and management of injuries, illnesses and exposures, and should be included as part of the certification criteria under the proposed Stage 3 recommendations for Meaningful Use of EHRs.
MCN Awarded Certificate of Best Practices for IRB
Wed, 01/02/2013
MCN's own Institutional Review Board (IRB) received a Certificate of Merit for Best Practices from the Health Improvement Institute! This was awarded to the MCN IRB due to its no-cost research protocol review practice, specializing in vulnerable populations, particularly migrant workers. The MCN IRB is composed of seven highly experience members who have extensive knowledge and experience with this population.
New Resource: Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer by the American Cancer Society
Wed, 12/05/2012
American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer are recommendations for screenings for most adults for Breast cancer, Colorectal cancer and polyps, Cervical cancer, Endometrial (uterine) cancer, Prostate cancer.
MCN is Committed to Ending Violence
Tue, 10/02/2012
We all have a role in preventing domestic violence within our communities. At MCN, we are committed to ending violence within the mobile poor population and continue forward with our efforts by providing resources to clinicians, migrant women, and migrant men.
New Research on Health Among the Children of Immigrants
Tue, 10/02/2012
Kids of immigrants often left out of health care reported by Futurity.org
New research out of Cornell University's College of Human Ecology found that low-income children of immigrants have much poorer health than low-income children of citizens, as reported in a special section of the journal Child Development.
