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Five on Friday: Oregon Approves Overtime Pay for Farmworkers

Five on Friday: Oregon Approves Overtime Pay For Farmworkers

Mar 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We've made it to Friday! Here is our weekly rundown of five pieces recommended by MCN staff, including a double weekly win. Claire offered the Healio article reviewing an editorial by Marc E.…
People pushing a van out of a rut

I’m in a Rut. What Can I do About It?

Mar 17, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
What exactly is a rut? A rut is a pattern of behavior or of the fabric of one’s life that is so familiar that it feels boring and unproductive. Many people have started to feel – or have been…
FWAF staff

Partner Spotlight: Our Partners in Florida

Mar 15, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For rural health initiatives, partnership and collaboration are vital tools for getting people vaccinated and meeting the needs of communities where these initiatives operate. In Florida, many…
Five on Friday: COVID Increases Cardiovascular Risks

Five on Friday: COVID Increases Cardiovascular Risks

Mar 11, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday is finally here! Lots of diverse articles were shared among MCN staff this week. Here’s a selection that we wanted to share with our readers. Claire shared a JAMA perspective reviewing…
People gather in a line for supplies

"US and Global Infrastructure is Unprepared and Unwilling to Prepare for the Increase in Migration" -- Four Critical Strategies to Take On Climate Migration

Mar 10, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
What is the IPCC? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was initiated by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988. Since then, it has regularly reported and…
Attendees at the Photovoice Exhibit

Women’s Voices Matter. MCN’s Photovoice Project Is Dedicated to Them.

Mar 8, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Today is International Women's Day. Across the world, numerous countries will recognize the contributions of women across cultural, economic, political, and social spheres. The roots of this…
Five on Friday: Voces de confianza / Trusted Messenger

Five on Friday: Voces de confianza / Trusted Messenger

Mar 4, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's Friday! Let's jump into MCN staff members’ inboxes to pick up some health news that we may have missed. And, with the world as it presently is, we offer up a double weekly win to soothe our…
A collage of different people

MCN Drives Forward Health Equity with $5 Million Gift from MacKenzie Scott

Mar 2, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network’s exceptional work to advance health equity for migrant, immigrant, and asylum-seeking communities has been honored and elevated by a $5 million gift from author and…
Five on Friday: Tu voz importa / Your voice matters Photovoice Project

Five on Friday: Tu voz importa / Your voice matters Photovoice Project

Feb 25, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This is a very exciting weekend for our Chico, California office – Tu voz importa photography exhibit is opening at the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology! This exhibit will feature the photos…
Dr. Paul Farmer with MCN’s Luis Retta at University of Texas in 2019.

In Memoriam: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD

Feb 22, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Dr. Paul Farmer with MCN’s Luis Retta at University of Texas in 2019. This week, the world lost one of its most vocal and effective champions of health equity, Paul Farmer, MD, PhD. Dr. Farmer is…
Five on Friday: COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Centers

Five on Friday: Cancer Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers

Feb 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday! Time to peek into the inboxes of MCN staff. Each week, we share lots of news, resources, and videos among ourselves to keep up to date. Here are a few we wanted to highlight, including…
A clinician wearing ppe in the hospital

We Hear You: Opening Ourselves to What Health Care Workers Are Feeling Now

Feb 17, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the end of last year, Dr. Nirav Shah, the Director of Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, mentioned a cartoon he had seen of a patient in a hospital bed being kept afloat by a…
Workers lay pavement

Heat Stress: Where Health Inequity Meets Climate Change

Feb 16, 2022
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In January, Colorado became the latest state to adopt heat stress regulations to protect farmworkers and other outdoor workers from the higher temperatures and more frequent heat events that are…
Five on Friday: COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Centers

Five on Friday: COVID-19 in Immigration Detention Centers

Feb 11, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Friday to you! Here, we offer up five pieces recommended by the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network, including one Weekly Win, to keep you up to date in the world of health justice.…
Farmers installing irrigation equipment in the dark

Overtime Pay: Why Are Farmworkers Excluded?

Feb 10, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, the New York State Wage Board passed three resolutions that will finally provide overtime for farmworkers working for more than 40 hours a week. The resolutions also delineate a ten-year…
A parent and child

How to Prioritize Fun during Tough Times

Feb 8, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few months, Omicron has disrupted the holidays, work, school, events – practically every aspect of life. For most of us, this disruption has been hard to tolerate, after two long…
Five on Friday: Overtime Pay For Farmworkers

Five on Friday: Overtime Pay For Farmworkers

Feb 4, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday again! Lots of updates in the world of health justice this week, including a double weekly win, so let’s get right to it: More and more research is confirming that the COVID…
Partner Spotlight: Lideres Campesinas of California

Partner Spotlight: Lideres Campesinas of California

Feb 3, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the edges of a vast field on a warm Southern California evening, a masked clinician prepares to give COVID-19 vaccinations at a pop-up clinic aimed to meet the needs of the farmworkers that…
Five on Friday: Factors That May Increase Chances of Long COVID

Five on Friday: Factors That May Increase Chances of Long COVID

Jan 28, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Friday! Another week rapidly comes to a close. Here, we offer up five pieces that you might have missed, offered by MCN staff. Claire noted that Type 2 Diabetes is one of four factors…
Partner Spotlight: Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.

Partner Spotlight: Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.

Jan 26, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
“For migrant workers, there’s a lot of barriers to vaccine access in the United States,” Lucy Thames said at one of our weekly Learning Collaborative sessions. “A lot of farmworkers are getting…
Clinician speaking with patient

Anger, and Caring for Those who Made Poor Choices, from MCN’s Dr. Madaras

Jan 25, 2022
By: Laszlo Madaras
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Migrant Clinicians Network Thirty years ago, on a late summer August evening during my trauma surgery rotation in 1991, I was called in to…
Five on Friday: Racial Disparities in Communication

Five on Friday: Racial Disparities in Communication

Jan 21, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday is here! A relaxing weekend awaits -- for those of us who work M-F, that is. For those whose weekend falls elsewhere, no need to wait, you can read Five on Friday now, to help you get caught…
Two people wearing masks

How to Help Someone through the Uncertainty of Waiting

Jan 20, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For most of us, this has been a year of uncertainty. Whether in our roles as a family member, friend, or clinician, we can take steps to be helpful to others who are living through the…
Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud

Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud

Jan 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In December, Roxana Pineda, MPH, Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) Coordinator and Health Network Associate for Migrant Clinicians Network, was getting ready to open yet another weekly vaccination event at…
Five on Friday: Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California

Five on Friday: Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants in California

Jan 14, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
With Omicron cases still spiking, it’s no wonder that the articles we shared internally this week at MCN were mostly about COVID. But there are other health news that we shared as well -- actually…
Partner Spotlight: American Indian Mothers Inc.

Partner Spotlight: American Indian Mothers Inc.

Jan 13, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Within rural regions, fear of COVID-19 vaccines has been a major barrier to protecting vulnerable communities during the pandemic. If we want to help these communities get protection from the…