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Why is a reporter doing the work of a clinician? Pesticide drift in Washington State

Feb 2, 2015
By: Amy Liebman
Editor's note: This post, written by MCN's Amy Liebman, first appeared in The Pump Handle, a public health blog. Please visit The Pump Handle at http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/. Pesticide…
Prenatal Office

Birth Defects: Anencephaly and Health Justice in Washington State

Jan 20, 2015
By: Chelsea Renz
Editor’s Note: Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH is MCN’s Specialist in Child & Migrant Health and Bioethics. She is a member of the Washington State Department of Health Anencephaly Advisory Committee.…
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Maryland Photo Exhibit and Panel Discussion a Success!

Jan 16, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Update: This blog post is republished from its original posting on October 10, 2014. On September 18, over 100 people packed into Salisbury University’s Downtown Art Gallery in Maryland to view a…
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Five Reasons Why We Love Our New Website

Jan 6, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, after months of hard work, we launched the new version of the MCN website. The improved functionality, and its new design and navigation will assist us in our important work to provide…
Ebola Webinar

“Lessons from the Ebola Crisis” Webinar: Informative, Highly-Rated, and Now Archived

Dec 18, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Wednesday, Ed Zuroweste, MD, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, led an hour-long webinar entitled “Lessons From the Ebola Crisis: Global Health At Your Doorstep.” Twenty-three days earlier, Dr.…
Food Chains

Food Chains, the movie | Thanksgiving

Nov 25, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Just in time for Thanksgiving week, a new movie about food justice called Food Chains came out this past Friday and chronicles the battle of southern Florida tomato pickers to secure fair wages and…
Sierra Leone

Survivors Helping Clinicians: Update from Sierra Leone

Nov 21, 2014
By: Brenda Ramirez
Editor’s Note: MCN’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ed Zuroweste is in West Africa to provide trainings to incoming clinicians on properly treating Ebola at Ebola treatment centers (ETCs). This is Ed’s…

Save Your Scraps | Thanksgiving

Nov 20, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As Thanksgiving week approaches, more and more attention has been given to the upcoming feast. But what about the leftovers? Over at NPR in association with Harvest Public Media, a series on food…
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Combatting Ebola: Dr. Ed Zuroweste Returns to West Africa

Nov 17, 2014
By: Brenda Ramirez
Editor’s Note: MCN’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ed Zuroweste is in West Africa to provide trainings to incoming clinicians on properly treating Ebola at Ebola treatment centers (ETCs). This is Ed’s…
Global Health Nursing

"Global Health Nursing": New Book Features Chapter Written by MCN’s Candace Kugel

Nov 14, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Nurses providing care to diverse populations around the world are highlighted in the newly published Global Health Nursing: Narratives from the Field. The book provides firsthand accounts of the…
Lung Health

“Nothing About Us, Without Us:” Patient Inclusion at the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health

Nov 5, 2014
By: Carmen Vélez Vega
Editor’s Note: This week, Del Garcia, MCN’s Director of International Projects, Research and Development is in Barcelona, attending the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, sponsored by the…
Fair Trade Month

Trick or Treat: Who harvested the chocolate in your favorite Halloween candy?

Oct 31, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
October is not just a big, long prelude to Halloween night; it’s also Fair Trade Month, when we celebrate the movement to provide third-world farmers and farmworkers a fair wage and safe working…
Union World Conference on Lung Health

45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Part 2

Oct 30, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Editor’s Note: This week, Del Garcia, MCN’s Director of International Projects, Research and Development is in Barcelona, attending the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, sponsored by the…
Union World Conference on Lung Health

45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, Day 1

Oct 28, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Editor’s Note: This week, Del Garcia, MCN’s Director of International Projects, Research and Development is in Barcelona, attending the 45th Union World Conference on Lung Health, sponsored by the…

How Do We Avoid Another EHR Mishap? Part Two

Oct 10, 2014
By: Brenda Ramirez
In light of the recent mishandling of a patient with Ebola virus in Dallas, Texas, MCN has been discussing internally the importance of communication between each patient’s care team. Such issues…
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Unaccompanied chilrdren - their stories

Oct 9, 2014
By: Charlotte McCann
The stories of unaccompanied children crossing the US/Mexico border have faded some from the headlines but not from the hearts and minds of caring clinicians. Marsha Griffin, MD, offers a stark…

How Do We Avoid Another EHR Mishap? Part One

Oct 8, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
EDIT: MCN is saddened to hear Thomas Duncan has passed away. We offer our condolences to his family and friends.On September 25, Thomas Eric Duncan went to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in…
Ebola infographic

The Spread of Ebola in Africa: Health Care Workers’ Role

Sep 18, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, Ed Zuroweste is currently finishing up a training in Uganda on Ebola virus preparedness and disaster response. About 50 clinicians from across Africa are attending the…
Watermelon Farmer

Thank You for Supporting a Strengthened Worker Protection Standard

Sep 17, 2014
By: KerryBrennan
With your help, MCN added more than 17,000 voices to the call for stronger workplace protections for our nation's farmworkers.On Monday August 18, MCN submitted our Clinician Sign-On Letter, which…
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Staying Safe from Ebola Infection

Sep 17, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN’s Chief Medical Director, Ed Zuroweste, was asked by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be a lead trainer for an international effort to train primary care clinicians in Africa to handle the…
Ed with team in Africa

Ed Zuroweste in Uganda to Train Clinicians on Ebola

Sep 16, 2014
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN’s Chief Medical Officer Ed Zuroweste arrived in Uganda yesterday, to assist in training clinicians in Ebola virus preparedness and disaster response. The five-day training was organized by the…
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One of our own... spotlighting the artwork of Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez this Mother's Day

May 6, 2014
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
La Madre-acrylicIleana Ponce-Gonzalez, is not only a great Senior Advisor here at MCN, she proves an amazing artist as well. This year's Mother's Day card displays her talents, especially in…
PHOTO-Danger Pesticides

Protect Children in the Fields- Raise the Minimum Age Requirement for Handling Pesticides

Mar 28, 2014
By: MaryEMiller
The proposed revisions to the Worker Protection Standard have many positive elements and I, along and many others concerned about farm worker health applaud the EPA for this long-awaited proposal. In…
World Tuberculosis Day TB Net

MCN recognizes World TB Day

Mar 21, 2014
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The cause of tuberculosis was discovered on March 24, 1882 by Dr. Robert Koch. The disease is curable, yet according to the latest estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO),"Of the 9 million…
PHOTO- Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies

Congress Will See Life Through the Eyes of Farmworkers with Seth Holmes' "Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies"

Mar 5, 2014
By: KerryBrennan
Last week, President Obama and every member of Congress received a copy of Seth Holmes’ Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies. For nearly two years, physician and anthropologist Seth Holmes lived and worked as…
Noe and Anita

Don't let this be Noe and Anita's last Christmas together in the U.S.

Dec 19, 2013
By: Emily Oake
A missing screw on his license plate may take a single father away from his daughter. On February 5, 2013 a police officer pulled over Noe Parra Manrique. The reason: Noe’s truck was missing a screw…