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

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

Mar 15, 2023
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…
Fair Food Program: Five-Day March in Florida to Build Support for Human Rights, Dignity, Worker Protections, and Fairer Wages for Farmworkers

Fair Food Program: Five-Day March in Florida to Build Support for Human Rights, Dignity, Worker Protections, and Fairer Wages for Farmworkers

Mar 9, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
On March 14th, farmworkers and their allies will begin a five-day Build a New World march across Florida to bring awareness to farmworker abuse and celebrate the efforts that farmworkers are taking…
¡Wepa!: Shining the Spotlight on MCN Staff Superstars for International Women's Day

¡Wepa!: Shining the Spotlight on MCN Staff Superstars for International Women's Day

Mar 8, 2023
By: Ashley-Michelle Papon
¡Wepa! The virtual halls of MCN are ringing with the celebratory word, common in Puerto Rico, and regularly used here at MCN to celebrate our accomplishments. With today being International Women's…
Two Very Different Islands Grapple with Growing Crops in the Age of Climate Change

Two Very Different Islands Grapple with Growing Crops in the Age of Climate Change

Mar 2, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The distance between St. Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico is less than an hour by flight, and yet the agriculture on the two Caribbean islands are worlds away. In Puerto Rico,…
Trainings on COVID, Again? How MCN’s Engaging, Useful Learning Collaborative Breaks Free of the COVID Learning Burnout

Trainings on COVID, Again? How MCN’s Engaging, Useful Learning Collaborative Breaks Free of the COVID Learning Burnout

Feb 28, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
When Migrant Clinicians Network proposed to run a four-part learning collaborative for the promotores at Ventanillas de Salud (VdS) across the country, even the National Coordinator of the VdS,…
New Resource: Manual on Designing Community-Based Communication Campaigns, in English & Spanish

New Resource: Manual on Designing Community-Based Communication Campaigns, in English & Spanish

Feb 16, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
COVID pandemic funding is winding down across the country, but pandemic-era communication troubles remain. Trust in public health authorities has stayed low; health misinformation continues to…
What Are PFAS, and How Do These "Forever Chemicals" Impact Farmworker Communities? MCN and Farmworker Justice Weigh In.

What Are PFAS, and How Do These "Forever Chemicals" Impact Farmworker Communities? MCN and Farmworker Justice Weigh In.

Feb 9, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We write on behalf of Farmworker Justice and Migrant Clinicians Network to urge you to support Senate Bill 158, Pesticide Registration - PFAS Testing – Requirements. Farmworker Justice is a…
COVID Emergency Declarations Are Ending. What Happens to Migrant & Immigrant Health and Health Access?

COVID Emergency Declarations Are Ending. What Happens to Migrant & Immigrant Health and Health Access?

Feb 6, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the end of January, the Biden Administration announced that federal emergency declarations around COVID-19 will expire on May 11, 2023. The emergency declarations paved the way for numerous…
Hui Hoaka: One Health Center’s Response to COVID Reduces Food Insecurity, Build Community

Hui Hoaka: One Health Center’s Response to COVID Reduces Food Insecurity, Build Community

Feb 2, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Hui Hoaka Wins SDOH Academy’s Innovation Showcase First Prize In early 2022, the SDOH Academy launched its very first competition for health centers, asking them to highlight…
Health Needs after Senseless Violence: MCN Response to Half Moon Bay Farmworker Shootings

Health Needs after Senseless Violence: MCN Response to Half Moon Bay Farmworker Shootings

Jan 24, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Yesterday, a farmworker allegedly opened fire on his coworkers in the greenhouses and farmworker housing of a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay, a small coastal town not far from San Francisco,…
Then and Now: COVID Exacerbated Health Inequities, But Also Built Opportunities for Ongoing, Trusted, Culturally Contextual Public Health Responses

Then and Now: COVID Exacerbated Health Inequities, But Also Built Opportunities for Ongoing, Trusted, Culturally Contextual Public Health Responses

Jan 19, 2023
By: Amy Liebman
Migrant Clinicians Network is a national nonprofit dedicated to health justice. We have two primary audiences: the frontline clinicians who serve immigrants, and the immigrant and migrant…
Health Justice in 2023: After Being Treated “Less Than Human,” A Teenage Boy Comes Back from the Brink of Death

Health Justice in 2023: After Being Treated “Less Than Human,” A Teenage Boy Comes Back from the Brink of Death

Jan 18, 2023
By: Laszlo Madaras
When the emergency department received 16-year-old Jorge,* he was unresponsive and intubated. He was found among many dead migrants in the back of a truck in extreme heat, at the US-Mexico border…
Start Prescribing Paxlovid, Please! Immigrants & Migrants Need Access.

Start Prescribing Paxlovid, Please! Immigrants & Migrants Need Access.

Jan 11, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Paxlovid, the highly effective treatment against COVID infection, is underprescribed in the US, particularly for the underserved. For example, Hispanic populations were 30% less likely to be…
Five on Friday: Is it COVID, Flu or R.S.V.?

Five on Friday: Is it COVID, Flu or R.S.V.?

Jan 6, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s 2023! We are barreling into the New Year with fresh dedication to pushing forward practical solutions to the biggest issues in migrant and immigrant health. One way we keep up to date on the…
Pediatric Care on the Border: Caring for Kids in Custody with Dr. Ayoub-Rodriguez

Pediatric Care on the Border: Caring for Kids in Custody with Dr. Ayoub-Rodriguez

Dec 19, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
When children in immigration detention get sick, where do they get help? United States Customs and Border Protection, (CBP, commonly known as the border patrol), does not have the facilities to…
When A Climate Crisis Pushes Families to Flee

When A Climate Crisis Pushes Families to Flee

Dec 18, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
No one migrates without reason. Every day, people make the nearly impossible decision to leave their homes and cross international borders. There are countless reasons to leave, be it to seek…
Pursuing the Goal: A Health Justice Perspective on Soccer

Pursuing the Goal: A Health Justice Perspective on Soccer

Dec 13, 2022
By: Amy Liebman
Gooooal! The excitement of the World Cup echoes across the globe as soccer players from 32 countries compete to win the most coveted title in soccer. Taking place every four years, billions of…
COVID Kills Almost 300 People A Day. To Save Lives, MCN Supports Hyperlocal Effective Campaigns.

COVID Kills Almost 300 People A Day. To Save Lives, MCN Supports Hyperlocal Effective Campaigns.

Dec 7, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
When bivalent vaccines arrived in September, Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus response coordinator claimed they represented "a really important moment in this pandemic." Days after its…
Immigrant Farmers Encounter Stressors, Obstacles, Isolation – A New Spanish-Language Hotline Connects Them to Resources

Immigrant Farmers Encounter Stressors, Obstacles, Isolation – A New Spanish-Language Hotline Connects Them to Resources

Nov 30, 2022
By: Jessica Calderón
Over the course of the pandemic, I was reminded, like many other people, of the importance of having good quality food. And I’m referring to the quality of the taste and the health benefits of…
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
In rural upstate New York, a farmworker heads to the nearby primary care clinic. After check-in, a medical assistant helps him log in with his psychiatrist in the exam room. While the clinic can’…
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
JEANNETTE, from Congo Jeannette is a friend who for years now has been employed at the same Swiss refugee center that housed her originally. I got to know her through family connections and…
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
In late October, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing dangerous gaps in rural U.S. obstetric care: over half of rural counties do not have a hospital…
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…
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. “Ene is a very caring person. If I need help or have a question about a patient, she will quickly reply or…
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…