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Farmworker sprays pesticide

MCN Joins Lawsuit to Stop Trump Administration’s Rollback of AEZ, A Critical Pesticide Rule

Jan 5, 2021
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MCN

Staff

The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory standard that protects farmworkers from pesticide poisoning. But the Trump Administration has actively…
A teacher prepares for the school year

Why is the implementation of comprehensive occupational health programs for school personnel essential for a safe reopening of schools? A summary of our most recent training program in Puerto Rico

Jan 5, 2021
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By: Marysel Pagán-Santana, DrPH, Puerto Rico Senior Program ManagerOne of the most repeated topics of public discussion in Puerto Rico and around the world is the opening of educational institutions…
W2W header

Witness to Witness: Aspects of Flourishing During the Holidays

Dec 22, 2020
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MCN

Staff

[Editor’s Note: The holidays are upon us! Today, we turn to Witness to Witness (W2W), Migrant Clinicians Network’s program that serves those who are in high stress jobs working with vulnerable…
Foodworkers on the line at a packaging facility

Prioritizing Farmworkers and Other Essential Food Workers for the COVID-19 Vaccine

Dec 21, 2020
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MCN

Staff

Yesterday, the Center for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that essential workers, including food and farm workers, receive COVID-19 vaccinations in…
Five on Friday: Coping With COVID-19 and the Holidays

Five on Friday: Coping With COVID-19 and the Holidays

Dec 18, 2020
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MCN

Staff

This week’s Five on Friday continues our efforts to support frontline clinicians who are serving immigrant and migrant communities, by sharing some of the most useful articles and resources that we…
Farmworkers harvest in orchard

Partnering Through the Pandemic: Keystone Health Agricultural Worker Program’s Fight Against COVID-19

Dec 17, 2020
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MCN

Staff

Earlier this year, Melanie Finkenbinder, MD, shared the best practices that Keystone Health, a health center in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was using to fight COVID-19 in migrant agricultural…
Five on Friday: Human Rights Week

Five on Friday: Human Rights Week 2020

Dec 10, 2020
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MCN

Staff

“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services…
Supporters of Kugel and Zuroweste Health Justice Award winner

"You Saved Lives": Celebrating the Kugel and Zuroweste Award Winner

Dec 9, 2020
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MCN

Staff

In a year defined by health inequities and limited health care access, the push for health justice remains crucial to Migrant Clinicians Network’s work. MCN’s Kugel and Zuroweste Health Justice…
Five on Friday: The Well-being of Workers and Their Families

Five on Friday: The Well-Being of Workers and Their Families

Dec 4, 2020
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MCN

Staff

Welcome to Five on Friday, where we at Migrant Clinicians Network share the top five articles, resources, and announcements of the week with you, our readers. As we tumble into the last month of…
Farmworker moves a crate of corn

Photovoice: Migrant Farmworkers, Sharing Their Lives Through Photography

Dec 2, 2020
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MCN

Staff

[Editor’s Note: Robyne Hayes recently partnered with Migrant Clinicians Network on the Tu voz importa/Your Voice Matters project. Read more about the project here. In this blog post, Robyne shares…
World AIDS Day graphic

World AIDS Day: A Physician’s Look Back at 40 Years of Patients

Dec 1, 2020
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Jannette

Nuñez

[Editor’s Note: Here, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Medical Officer, Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, shares his encounters with AIDS as a doctor, from Africa to the US, to commemorate World AIDS Day…
Caroline Johnson, FNP

Caroline Johnson, Winner of MCN’s Inaugural Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award

Nov 30, 2020
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MCN

Staff

By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach [Editor’s Note: Congratulations to Caroline Johnson! Support our #HeroesOnTheFrontline like Caroline through Migrant…
Five on Friday: The Health Needs of Farmworkers

Five on Friday: The Health Needs of Farmworkers

Nov 27, 2020
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MCN

Staff

While Thanksgiving looked different for many of us this year, for some, it is too much the same: millions of food workers across the US are still toiling in fields, farms, orchards, packing houses…
Five on Friday: Children and COVID-19

Five on Friday: Children and COVID-19

Nov 20, 2020
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MCN

Staff

Five on Friday is a roundup of new research, articles, resources, and more on health justice and migrant health that our MCN team recommends. Here’s this week’s edition:   Amy shared Earth…
The Transgender Pride flag

Transgender Health and COVID-19

Nov 19, 2020
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MCN

Staff

By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach [Editor’s Note: Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Too many people have died because of violence against trans people…
A screenshot from the 2020 Womens Conference

Women’s Conference Creates Virtual Safe Space for Austin-Area Latinas

Nov 19, 2020
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MCN

Staff

By Diana Cañas, MCN InternEarlier this month, the sixth annual Women’s Conference, hosted by the General Consulate of Mexico in Austin and Migrant Clinicians Network, was virtual. In total, 68 women…
A cell phone showing the WHO facebook page

Helping Patients Stay Safe in an Age of Misinformation

Nov 18, 2020
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MCN

Staff

Gayle Thomas, MD, is concerned. She has learned that many of her patients, whom she serves as the medical director of the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program, believe that if they go to the…
Five on Friday: Preparing to Distribute the COVID-19 Vaccine

Five on Friday: Preparing to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine

Nov 13, 2020
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MCN

Staff

It’s Friday again! It’s time to pull up five recommendations from MCN staff, including plus our “weekly win,” because we all need a little good news every week. Here they are:   Kaethe shared “…
A clinician in PPE talks with a patient

#HeroesOnTheFrontline: Finding Inspiration from Clinicians Around the World

Nov 11, 2020
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MCN

Staff

In hindsight, my transition to an advocate for health justice seemed somewhat predestined. I came of age during the latter stages of the AIDS epidemic, during a time when dial-up internet…
A CHW presents covid-19 information

Community-Based Organizations Step Up Against COVID-19 Among Vulnerable Populations

Nov 10, 2020
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MCN

Staff

On Thursday, November 5th, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation held the first in a series of national webinars, ‘COVID-19 Emergency Webinar for Community Based Organizations.’  Webinar…
Five on Friday: Reducing Anxiety and Stress

Five on Friday: Reducing Anxiety and Stress

Nov 6, 2020
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MCN

Staff

For many, it’s been a stressful week! This week’s Five on Friday comes from Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness. She has reviewed hundreds of resources on reducing anxiety and…
A vehicle spraying pesticides on a field

EPA Weakens Pesticide Standards; Endangers Health of Rural Communities

Nov 5, 2020
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MCN

Staff

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled back a critical safeguard for farmworker health: the application exclusion zone, or AEZ. The AEZ is an important part of the Worker…
Five on Friday: Mental Health Among Frontline Clinicians

Five on Friday: Mental Health Among Frontline Clinicians

Oct 30, 2020
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MCN

Staff

Another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice that we thought you might have missed, chosen by MCN staff…
A CHW presents to workers

Capacity Building in Occupational Health: Ventanilla de Salud of San Bernardino, CA

Oct 28, 2020
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MCN

Staff

By: Graciela Molina[Editor’s Note: In this guest blog post, Graciela Molina shares how the Ventanilla de Salud in San Bernardino partnered with Migrant Clinicians Network to support local workers.…
A clinician with a child

Heroes on the Frontline: How to Support Clinicians in Times of Crisis

Oct 27, 2020
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MCN

Staff

By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach, Migrant Clinicians Network In 2002, beloved children’s educator and entertainer Fred Rogers advised his followers to find…
Five on Friday: COVID-19 Among Food Processing and Agricultural Workers

Five on Friday: COVID-19 Among Food Processing and Agricultural Workers

Oct 23, 2020
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MCN

Staff

We’re headed into the weekend once again, and, unsurprisingly, the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network had a lot to share, particularly around the ongoing pandemic and health justice. Here are five…