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Five on Friday: Community Health Centers Essential to Vaccination Efforts

Five on Friday: Community Health Centers Essential to Vaccination Efforts

May 27, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday! It can be a challenge to select just five pieces to highlight each week. Here are some of the articles that we bet you haven’t seen yet this week -- and we think you…
CHWs speak with farmworkers

COVID-19 From the Perspective of a Community Health Worker: Veronica Martinez Vargas

May 27, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
COVID-19 has resulted in changes and struggles in our lives that most of us were not prepared for or expected. This includes dealing with illness, the loss of loved ones, mental health struggles…
Warehouse workers wearing masks move boxes

Position Statement: Mask Guidance Leaves Some Workers Vulnerable to Infection

May 26, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their mask guidance to allow fully vaccinated individuals to resume most indoor and outdoor activities without wearing masks…
Five on Friday: Mental Health Awareness Month

Five on Friday: Mental Health Awareness Month 2021

May 20, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s already getting to the end of Mental Health Awareness Month. MCN’s Witness to Witness has provided numerous tools in the last year to help clinicians and health advocates take care of…
Funding Opportunity to Prevent COVID-19 in Refugee, Immigrant, & Migrant Communities

Funding Opportunity to Prevent COVID-19 in Refugee, Immigrant, & Migrant Communities

May 20, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A new funding opportunity is now available for local health departments and community-based organizations to assist these groups to reach refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities to prevent and…
COVID-19 and Childcare Efforts for Vulnerable Families

COVID-19 and Childcare Efforts for Vulnerable Families

May 18, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For more than a year, “essential” workers have continued to work. Despite an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace, a disproportionate risk of contracting severe COVID-19,…
Five on Friday: Emergency Program Assures Internet Access

Five on Friday: Emergency Program Assures Internet Access

May 14, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another week is behind us, and another weekend is in sight. Before you head out the door, take a look at the five recommended pieces that MCN staff shared with each other this week. As always, one…
A man in a mask holds his head in grief

"Yes, You ARE Entitled to Your Grief!": Looking at a Year of Many Losses, Many Kinds of Grief

May 12, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
There is no doubt that this past year has been one of grief for millions of people. I have provided online seminars and met with small groups on the topic of grief and heard hundreds of accounts…
Five on Friday: National Nurses Week

Five on Friday: National Nurses Week 2021

May 7, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy National Nurses Week! Nurses have been on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic for over a year. We are grateful for their ongoing contributions, their care for the most vulnerable during a…
Midwife and new mother looking at infant

Health Network for Babies, Children, and Mothers

May 6, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Maria* was 36 weeks pregnant when she arrived at the immigrant shelter in McAllen, Texas, where the US-Mexico border is defined by the Rio Grande. Like so many fleeing violence, that is…
A machine spraying pesticide in orchard

Long Path to Nationwide Ban: Chlorpyrifos and Farmworker Health

May 5, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, after years of effort from environmental health and farmworker advocates, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to essentially ban…
mothers at the border

Mother’s Day: A Young Asylum-Seeker Needing Prenatal Care, Health Network, and #LaborsOfLove

May 3, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This Mother’s Day, support asylum-seeking mothers to get the care they need for themselves and for their babies.Donate to #LaborsOfLove here. Courage comes in many forms. Often, American holidays…
Five on Friday: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

Five on Friday: Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

Apr 30, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
May is just about here – and the crops that define summertime are starting to produce in some parts of the country. That of course means that many migrant workers are planting, tending, and…
A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine: Care for Migrant Women Requires Adjusted Approach

Apr 29, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
After nearly two weeks of looking comprehensively at all the data on vaccines and their potential side effects, scientists made the decision to reinstate the use of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen…
A construction worker

Workers Memorial Day: COVID-19 Lifts Veil on Workplace Hazards

Apr 28, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Fifty years ago today, the Occupational Safety and Health Act went into effect. The act aimed to protect workers from injury and illness related to their work. It created the Occupational Safety…
Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Apr 27, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A recent study shows that, as former President Trump developed his presidential campaign’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, immigrants and migrants who lack authorization to live and work in the US began to…
Five on Friday: Officials Move to Protect Frontline Workers

Five on Friday: Officials Move to Protect Frontline Workers

Apr 23, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Who’s fully vaccinated and ready to hug a friend (who is also fully vaccinated)? With about half of the US population over 16 years of age at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19, there are…
a farmworker harvesting apples

Earth Day: Environmental Racism Persists with Antibiotic Usage in Agriculture

Apr 22, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the citrus groves in Florida and California, farmworkers are at risk of exposure to sprayed antibiotics – with unknown health consequences to these overlooked, under-protected, yet highly…
A person putting up their fist

Nine Practices to Cope with a Looming Catastrophe

Apr 21, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
I’ve been told seven times that I had a life-threatening disease. Last Tuesday, I was told I might be going blind. This was shocking but not paralyzing. I did what I do. I got a second opinion on…
Five on Friday: Racism Is a Public Health Threat

Five on Friday: Racism Is a Public Health Threat

Apr 16, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’ve arrived at Friday, at last! For those of us with a Saturday/Sunday weekend, you may be eager to head out the door. Before you do, take a look at the some of the interesting articles that MCN…
MCN Position Statement: Johnson & Johnson Pause on Vaccinations Is Indicator of Functioning of Vaccine Safety Systems

MCN Position Statement: Johnson & Johnson Pause on Vaccinations Is Indicator of Functioning of Vaccine Safety Systems

Apr 14, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, federal authorities recommended a pause in administration of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine to investigate the possibility of a very rare but serious adverse…
A vehicle spraying pesticides on a field

MCN’s Ed Zuroweste Asks NY to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Apr 13, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Good evening. My name is Dr. Ed Zuroweste. I am a family physician providing health care and other services for migrant farmworkers for over 40 years and I am the Founding Medical Director of…
Five on Friday: Migration Driven By Climate Crisis

Five on Friday: Migration Driven By Climate Crisis

Apr 9, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
MCN staff were eager to share articles covering a range of topics this Friday! Amy shares two articles that demonstrate how the immediate devastation from our climate crisis ripples throughout…
a photo of Mitch with a support group

Remembering Mitch Sudolsky: A Legacy of Kindness, Service, and Everlasting Inspiration

Apr 8, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Ashley-Michelle Papon In a year punctuated by loss on an unprecedented scale, some departures are, nevertheless, guaranteed to linger longer than others. This is particularly true with the loss…
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“Vaccination Is…”: A Customizable COVID-19 Vaccine Communications Campaign

Apr 5, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As clinicians in health departments, health centers, and elsewhere strive to communicate the importance of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, culturally and linguistically appropriate communications…
Five on Friday: Drop in Cases Among Vaccinated Health Care Workers

Five on Friday: Drop in Cases Among Vaccinated Health Care Workers

Apr 2, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday again! MCN staff have shared more great articles that include updates for migration at the border and COVID-19. Amy shared a great article on COVID-19 airborne transmission and…