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This Giving Tuesday, Give the Gift of Impact

This Giving Tuesday, Give the Gift of Impact

Nov 27, 2022
By: Ashley-Michelle Papon
With the season of giving fast upon us, Migrant Clinicians Network continues to look to the helpers, the healers, the hopeful, the movers and the shakers to make a kinder, more inclusive, and…
Five on Friday: Giving Thanks 2022

Five on Friday: Giving Thanks 2022

Nov 25, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
      This week, as we filled up our shopping carts with sweet potatoes and sage, as we blended up the pumpkin puree for the pie, and as we sat to eat with our families, we gave thanks to the…
The Virtual Medical Home at Finger Lakes Community Health

The Virtual Medical Home at Finger Lakes Community Health

Nov 23, 2022
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
[Editor’s Note: This week, the fall issue of Streamline is arriving in mailboxes across the country. Streamline is Migrant Clinicians Network’s in-print quarterly publication, with clinical updates…
These Five Refugees Share Their Life-Changing Migration Journeys with Dr. Madaras

These Five Refugees Share Their Life-Changing Migration Journeys with Dr. Madaras

Nov 21, 2022
By: Laszlo Madaras
[Editor’s Note: Welcome home, Dr. Madaras! Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for Migrant Clinicians Network, is back after spending some time in Switzerland, Austria, and his native…
Five on Friday: Title 42 Border Policy Vacated

Five on Friday: Title 42 Border Policy Vacated

Nov 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
      Five on Friday is a compilation of new research, articles, resources, and more on health justice and migrant health that our MCN team recommends. Here’s this week’s edition, with a double…
Can We Befriend Nature After An Extreme Weather Event?

Can We Befriend Nature After An Extreme Weather Event?

Nov 17, 2022
By: Kaethe Weingarten
[Editor’s Note: Every month, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, shares stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these ongoing…
Pesticides and Racism: From Manufacturing, to Delivery, to Application. Here's how to fix it.

Pesticides and Racism: From Manufacturing, to Delivery, to Application. Here's how to fix it.

Nov 16, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Follow the life of pesticides, and you will find structural racism at every step. From manufacturing to usage, the health of people of color and people with low income are disproportionately at…
Despite Legal Status, Pregnant Asylum Seekers Can’t Get Prenatal Care in our Overextended Health System

Despite Legal Status, Pregnant Asylum Seekers Can’t Get Prenatal Care in our Overextended Health System

Nov 15, 2022
By: Deliana Garcia
[Editor’s note: In this opinion piece, Deliana Garcia, Chief Program Officer of International and Emerging Issues for Migrant Clinicians Network, contextualizes MCN’s newest white paper by taking a…
World Kindness Day: Practicing Kindness Whenever Possible

World Kindness Day: Practicing Kindness Whenever Possible

Nov 13, 2022
By: Kaethe Weingarten
World Kindness Day, November 13, is an international holiday first introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement. “The holiday is devoted to promoting kindness throughout the world and…
Five on Friday: Costs of Care for Immigrants in US

Five on Friday: Costs of Care for Immigrants in US

Nov 11, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
      It’s 11/11, so make a wish! We at MCN wish for everyone to check out our collection of resources and news articles from the last week we found worth sharing.   Elections have massive…
FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

Nov 9, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
  Migrant Clinicians Network continues to receive questions from our clinical network on COVID-19 and vaccines for migrant, immigrant, and farmworker communities. Here, we offer our…
Celebrating Roxana Pineda Day in Austin

Celebrating Roxana Pineda Day in Austin

Nov 8, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
MCN's Roxana Pineda, Karen Mountain and Jimena De Leija In Austin, Texas, November 3, 2022 was officially declared Roxana Pineda Day, named after Migrant Clinicians Network’s longtime Ventanilla de…
Five on Friday: Long COVID Affecting Women More Than Men

Five on Friday: Long COVID Affecting Women More Than Men

Nov 4, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
      Welcome back to Five on Friday, your weekly rundown of news and resources on migrant health and beyond, chosen by Migrant Clinicians Network staff, including a double Weekly Win.   Robert…
Maryland Needs Basic, Common-Sense Heat Standard – Not What Has Been Proposed

Maryland Needs Basic, Common-Sense Heat Standard – Not What Has Been Proposed

Nov 3, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
[Editor’s Note: MCN’s Maryland office is finishing up their comments on Maryland Occupational Safety and Health’s proposed heat stress rule. The comment deadline is Monday, November 7, 2022. The…
Enedelia Basurto: Raised in a Migrant Family, Now Advocating for Migrants’ Health Needs with Health Network

Enedelia Basurto: Raised in a Migrant Family, Now Advocating for Migrants’ Health Needs with Health Network

Nov 2, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Enedelia (Center left) with the MCN team at an immigration center in McAllen, Texas. [Editor’s Note: Our Health Network Associates work tirelessly to ensure that patients who are migrating can…
Five on Friday: Health Care Providers Dropping Out of Workforce

Five on Friday: Health Care Providers Dropping Out of Workforce

Oct 28, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
      Halloween weekend is here! Before you head out with the inflated dinosaurs, Spider Mans, and fairies in your life, have a look at five articles recommended by MCN staff this week.   …
Free Services at Ventanilla de Salud Offices Support Binational Health

Free Services at Ventanilla de Salud Offices Support Binational Health

Oct 27, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Across the United States, the Ventanillas de Salud (VdS) offices within the Mexican Consulates have been celebrating Binational Health Month, one of the largest mobilization efforts in the US to…
Candace Kugel: Celebrating A Migrant Clinician’s Retirement from MCN

Candace Kugel: Celebrating A Migrant Clinician’s Retirement from MCN

Oct 25, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
From villages in the mountains of Honduras to the apple-picking region of Pennsylvania to the halls of Migrant Clinicians Network’s main office in Austin, Texas, Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM, MS has…
Five on Friday: Cancer Vaccine Could Be Available Before 2030

Five on Friday: Cancer Vaccine Could Be Available Before 2030

Oct 21, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
      It can be a challenge to select just five pieces to highlight each week -- so much is happening! Here are some of the articles that MCNers recommended this week. Pull up a chair, grab some tea…
Some Tips to Handle Watching or Listening to Disturbing Material

Some Tips to Handle Watching or Listening to Disturbing Material

Oct 20, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
[Editor’s Note: Every month, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, shares stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these ongoing…
MCN White Paper: Pregnant Asylum Seekers Struggle to Access Prenatal Care

MCN White Paper: Pregnant Asylum Seekers Struggle to Access Prenatal Care

Oct 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network released a new white paper, “Failures of US Health Care System for Pregnant Asylum Seekers.” This nine-page report outlines how pregnant asylum seekers who have…
Five on Friday: Avoiding the Co-Circulation of Covid and Influenza

Five on Friday: Avoiding the Co-Circulation of Covid and Influenza

Oct 14, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
      Friday is here! Time for another issue of Five on Friday. During the week, we at MCN share numerous articles, resources, and videos of note.    Karen shared this great rundown from the New…
Partner Spotlight: Asylum Seekers Shelter, San Diego

Partner Spotlight: Asylum Seekers Shelter, San Diego

Oct 13, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
Image from Sheltering Hope documentary In San Diego, thousands of asylum seekers cross the border every month, looking for a safe haven where they can pursue a better life. Linda Hill, MD, MPH, the…
New Comic, Helping the Helpers, Gives Clinicians Strategies for Self-Care

New Comic, Helping the Helpers, Gives Clinicians Strategies for Self-Care

Oct 12, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Clinicians focused on migrant, immigrant, and other underserved patients must balance personal and professional stressors for their entire careers – but the pandemic added new weight and complexity…
Five on Friday: New Commitment to End Hunger in the US by 2030

Five on Friday: New Commitment to End Hunger in the US by 2030

Oct 7, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
      It’s Friday, and finally October! We at MCN are once again putting together a series of articles on migrant and immigrant health that shouldn’t be missed.    Amy shared the federal appeals…
COVID, Long COVID, Treatments, and More: MCN Staff Reflect on Illness, Disparities in Care

COVID, Long COVID, Treatments, and More: MCN Staff Reflect on Illness, Disparities in Care

Oct 6, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
Over the pandemic, despite numerous precautions, many MCN staff members have wrestled with COVID, myself included. Over the summer, as BA.5 became the predominant variant, several of us came down…