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This summer has pushed the mercury up to never-before-seen heat in locations across the Northern Hemisphere. This weekend’s record-breaking heat in Europe threatens the health of thousands of people like agricultural workers who cannot avoid the heat. In the Arctic, the immense heat is melting ice fast, and is set to melt at an even faster rate as the “heat dome” settles over the north.... Read More
Emanual Ramirez,18-Year-Old US Citizen of Parents Without Work Authorization, Asks to "Keep Families Together"
[Editor’s Note: A recent study identified the health consequences of immigration policy on US citizen children of parents without authorization. Here, a young US citizen describes his own upbringing and the affect his parents’ immigration status had, and continues to have, on his family.]When the Dust Rises“When the Dust Rises” is an anthology of written and photographic submissions from Mount... Read More
“I always knew I wanted to go into health care,” says Karen Mountain, MBA, MSN, RN, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Executive Officer, the first and only leader that MCN has had since its inception, 35 years ago. Mountain’s early endeavors as an adventurous international nurse gave her a global perspective and a desire to support health care delivery at the international level. But it was her... Read More
"People Are Just Trying to Survive": MCN's Dr. Laszlo Madaras Reflects After Returning from the Border
July is a time of reflection for Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer of Migrant Clinicians Network. A quarter-century ago, in July, 1994, he traveled to Rwanda to serve the urgent health needs of refugees in a camp of 170,000 people fleeing the end of the brutal Rwandan genocide. A year later, he left in July to head to the Hungarian border, where refugees were fleeing the newly... Read More
It’s Friday again! Before you head off into another summer weekend, read a few pieces that we’ve been sharing here at MCN. The fifth piece, our “weekly win” focuses on good news in our fight for health justice. Alma sent around the research article, “Population Health: The Diabetes Educator’s Evolving Role.” Candace shared Farmworker Justice’s new comic on... Read More
Climate collapse, the border crisis, physician burnout: these are just a few of the topics we cover in our weekly Five on Friday piece. But there’s a growing undercurrent of community, statewide, national, and international actions that chip away at these massive concerns that have assumed seemingly intractable dimensions in recent years. But they rarely make headlines. Today, we introduce... Read More
Some of our MCN staff have already headed out the door for a longer Independence Day weekend. As we slice wedges of watermelon and shuck the corn on the cob this weekend, let’s take a moment to consider the hundreds of people tending the fields in hot conditions through the holiday weekend to fill our plates, most of whom are immigrants to the US. We believe in our country and our ability... Read More
Antibiotics in Orange Groves: Resistance for the Masses, Unknown Health Consequences for the Farmworkers
In May, the New York Times ran an article on the recent and significant increase in the use of antibiotics on orange groves in Florida to combat citrus greening disease, a bacterial infection that is decimating citrus crops across Florida and threatening California’s. The Environmental Protection Agency is expanding the permitted use of streptomycin and oxytetracycline despite “strenuous... Read More
2019 marks the 35th anniversary of Migrant Clinicians Network. Since first embarking on this road to empower clinicians serving migrants in 1984, MCN has pushed for health justice throughout the US and beyond. From our innovative and life-saving virtual case management system, Health Network, to powerful and popular ECHO projects, in-person trainings, and webinars, MCN has brought practical... Read More
Today is the last Friday of June, and as Pride Month wraps up, we thought we’d dedicate this week’s Five on Friday to LGBTQ+ health. Here are five recommended reads from MCN staff in this special Pride edition of Five on Friday. How the Stonewall Riots Affected LGBTQ Health Care“In many ways, the riots also brought attention to the unique health care needs of the gay... Read More
