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Five on Friday: SCOTUS Blocks Attempt to End DACA

Jun 19, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday is here again! Here are five recent news selections that were shared by MCN staff this week. Thanks to the Supreme Court, we have a double dose of the Weekly Win to guide us into the weekend…
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Is COVID-19 Airborne? Q&A with Dr. Chad Roy and Dr. Ed Zuroweste

Jun 17, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
New Studies on Airborne TransmissionDuring the webinar, Dr. Zuroweste described two recent epidemiological studies that highlight the risks associated with the aerobiology of COVID-19. One research…
A clinician giving someone a test for COVID-19

Five on Friday: Challenges of False-negative COVID-19 Tests

Jun 12, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! Many in our clinical network around the country have been very hard at work and outside of work to serve patients, support the community, and fight for justice. MCN’s Witness to…
A clinician putting on PPE

Guest Blog: New WHO Guidance on Masks for COVID-19 Ignores Findings of its Own Evidence Review Calling for More Protective Measures

Jun 10, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new interim guidance on the masks required for health care workers at risk from Covid-19, “Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19."…
Clinicians test a patient for COVID-19

Best Practices in Mobile Team Outreach

Jun 8, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Just west of Portland, Oregon, thousands of acres of orchards, vineyards, and berry bushes stretch out across fertile plains. Every June, these fields are closely tended and harvested by migrant and…
Farmworkers harvesting in the field

Five on Friday: Farmworkers Dying as Infections Spike

Jun 5, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, our wonderful Chief Medical Officer, Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, gained yet another set of letters after his name: FAAFP, as he has now become a Fellow of the American Academy of Family…
Dear Heart

A Tribute to a Patient Who Died of COVID-19

Jun 3, 2020
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for the Migrant Clinicians Network His name, translated from French, was something like “Dear Heart”* I got to know him when I admitted him to our…
Migrant clinician gives patient a check up

What Primary Care Means: Notes from Amy K. Liebman on the Patient Perspective

Jun 2, 2020
By: Amy Liebman
By Amy K. Liebman, MPA Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, Migrant Clinicians Network, Salisbury, MD In 1984, three dedicated clinicians from various corners of the US met at a…
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Position Statement: Standing in Solidarity Against Racial Violence and Injustice

Jun 2, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network, a nonprofit dedicated to health justice, mourns and condemns the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade. Racism, as we have witnessed…
Health Care Worker putting on PPE

Five on Friday: Significant Risks to Health Workers During Pandemic

May 29, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
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’ll enjoy them and maybe find…
Meat processing plant workers

We’re not blaming the elderly. We’re not blaming healthcare workers. So why do we accuse essential workers for being sickened and killed by COVID-19?

May 27, 2020
By: Amy Liebman
By Amy K. Liebman, MPA Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, Migrant Clinicians Network, Salisbury, MD Each day I watch in utter dismay the increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases among…
Farmworkers wear bandanas while working

Five on Friday: Undocumented but Essential

May 22, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's Friday! Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Alma in Massachusetts shared, “Indocumentados pero esenciales,” an in-depth…
Health Justice in 2020

Health Justice in 2020

May 19, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The world has shifted significantly since the start of this year, and yet, at Migrant Clinicians Network, our core agenda to build practical solutions at the intersection of vulnerability, migration…
A border patrol officer hands food to a child in a detention facility

Five on Friday: U.S. Suspends Protections for Children at Border

May 15, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Apparently, searches for “what day is it” have considerably spiked in our lockdown world. Well, here’s a hint: It’s Five on Friday time! Here are five recommendations from Migrant Clinicians…
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Health Centers on the Frontlines: Finger Lakes Community Health on Telehealth

May 11, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Toward the end of March, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to affect US communities, an expeditious jump to virtual health care transpired at health centers across the country. Finger Lakes Community…
A meat processing plant worker

Position Statement: Racist Rhetoric About Workers Must Stop; Emergency Protections Must Increase

May 8, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network is gravely concerned about the implications and repercussions of recent comments about the cultures and personal lives of essential workers in meatpacking plants. The…
A worker wearing PPE at a construction site

Five on Friday: COVID-19 and Social Justice

May 8, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff members.…
A farmworker ties a bandana around her face

Q&A With Dr. Eva Galvez: How Clinicians Can Protect Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Partnerships and Advocacy

May 6, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In Oregon, migrant farmworkers will soon begin to arrive to pick the ripe berries for which Oregon is famous. As “essential workers,” farmworkers have labored in fields and orchards across the US…
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Trauma, Mental Health, and COVID-19: Giving Tuesday Offers Support for Frontline Clinicians

May 5, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The last time I ever spoke to my friend Anna, she cried about resigning from her job. Educated at my own alma mater, eventually graduating with a degree in counseling, she had run the gamut of…
Health Centers on the Frontlines | HOPE Clinic Ramps Up Telehealth, Starts Rapid Testing

Health Centers on the Frontlines: HOPE Clinic Ramps Up Telehealth, Starts Rapid Testing

May 4, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In Houston, Texas, HOPE Clinic is living up to its name. The large urban community health center rapidly ramped up its telehealth services as the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and now almost 20 percent…
A farmworker wearing a bandana and carrying strawberries

Five on Friday: Stepping Up to Support Farmworkers

May 1, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Cinco de Mayo is just days away, and the festivities continue, albeit online. Altísimo Live! is a Cinco de Mayo concert that, this year, will benefit the Farmworkers Pandemic Relief Fund. Lots of…
An asylum seeker walks along the border

Take Action: Rescind Order to Halt Asylum Processes

Apr 30, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Migrant Clinicians Network joined Doctors for America, Refugee Health Alliance, and Human Impact Partners to demand that Robert R. Redfield, MD, the Director of Centers for Disease…
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New Spanish-Language Comic Book on Living with Diabetes

Apr 29, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network’s groundbreaking new Spanish-language comic book, “Mi salud es mi tesoro: Un guía para vivir bien con diabetes,” or “My Health Is My Treasure: A Guide to Living Well With…
A construction worker wearing protective equipment

Next Steps: Keeping Essential Workers Essential, After the Pandemic

Apr 27, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Photo: (c) www.earldotter.com For perhaps the first time in American history, farmworkers have been recognized as essential. While their manual labor has been the backbone of our agricultural…
Farmworkers wear bandanas while working

Five on Friday: More Protection Needed for Essential Workers

Apr 24, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Summer is just around the corner, and some of the warmer pockets of our country are already producing summer crops, like tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. As COVID-19 disrupts food distribution and…
Rep. Jim McGovern visits the Ursula Detention Center

Position Statement: Immigration Policies Must Shift During COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 23, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Representative Jim McGovern visits the Ursula Detention Center in McAllen, TX.Migrant Clinicians Network calls on immigration authorities to rescind dangerous immigration policies that put refugees…