{domain:"www.migrantclinician.org",server:"169.47.211.87"}
Skip to main content
x
Migrant Clinicians Network
About
Our Story
Our Staff
Offices
Board of Directors
Institutional Review Board
Career Opportunities
Awards and Accolades
MCN MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN 2020
Our 2023 Impact Report is Available!
Our Work
Building Clinician Capacity
Education and Training
Technical Assistance
Witness to Witness: Clinician Support
Farmworker Health Network
Virtual Case Management
Health Network
#HealthNetworkHelpsPeople
Healthy Babies, Children, and Mothers
Specialty Care Access Network
Environmental Justice and Worker Health
Avian Flu
Heat
Pesticides
Wildfires
Community Engagement
Ventanilla de Salud
Photovoice Projects
Intimate Partner Violence
Climate Crisis
Climate Justice
Health Justice
Agenda & Review
Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award
Position Statements
Ethics in Research
Engage
Find Learning Opportunities
Request Technical Assistance
Enroll a patient in Health Network
Submit a research protocol
Find Clinician Resources
Receive MCN Updates
Award Nominations
Donate
News
Blog
MCN in the News
Network News
Peer Reviewed Publications
Press Releases and Announcements
Podcasts
Streamline
Explore
Migration
Understanding Migration
Migrant Health Overview
Migrant / Seasonal Farmworkers Profile
Environmental Justice and Worker Health
Dairy Worker Safety
Environmental Education
ESL Health and Safety
Heat
Pesticides
Wildfires
Workers' Compensation
Issues in Migrant Health
Avian Flu
Behavioral Health
Cancer
Children's Health
Climate
COVID-19
Diabetes
Intimate Partner Violence
Hepatitis
HIV/AIDs
Hypertension
Immunizations
Misinformation
Mpox
Oral Health
Tuberculosis
Women's Health
…
Select your language
Read in English
Leer en Español
change language
Search
Search
Account
User account menu
Log in
Donate
User account menu
Log in
Search
Select your language
Read in English
Leer en Español
change language
P.O. Box 164285
Austin, TX 78716
(512) 327-2017
(512) 327-0719
mcn@migrantclinician.org
Phrase
Any Word
All Words
Read Story
MCN Staff Celebrates National Health Center Week
Aug 8, 2019
By
:
Migrant Clinicians Network
“America’s Health Centers: Rooted in Communities.” The theme of this year’s National Health Center Week aptly recognizes and celebrates the ways in which health centers are connected to the…
Read Story
MCN welcomes Nelly Salgado de Snyder, MA, DSW
Aug 7, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
In the early 1980s, Nelly Salgado de Snyder, MA, DSW, noticed something troubling about the research on migrating women from Mexico: it didn’t exist. “ were moving, but you couldn’t find a…
Read Story
Heat, Climate, Farmworkers, and Health: A Summer 2019 Update
Aug 6, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
July may be the hottest month ever recorded on the planet. The signature of the climate crisis is increased heat, particularly heat waves that are more frequent and longer in duration. Extreme heat…
Read Story
MCN Statement on Recent Shootings in California, Texas, and Ohio
Aug 5, 2019
By
:
Migrant Clinicians Network
We at Migrant Clinicians Network are devastated by the recent shootings in California last week, and Texas and Ohio this past weekend. These horrific and tragic events have affected our staff, family…
Read Story
Five on Friday: Migration and the Climate Crisis
Aug 2, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, we celebrate National Immunization Awareness Month. MCN’s work at the Ventanilla de Salud in Austin includes weekly health fairs, many of which feature free vaccinations for Austin’s…
Read Story
Emanual Ramirez,18-Year-Old US Citizen of Parents Without Work Authorization, Asks to "Keep Families Together"
Jul 25, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
When the Dust Rises “When the Dust Rises” is an anthology of written and photographic submissions from Mount Vernon migrant youth, some as young as 11, who participate in the Mount Vernon…
Read Story
Five on Friday: The Impact of Separation and Detention on Children
Jul 25, 2019
By
:
Migrant Clinicians Network
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…
Read Story
35 Years of Caring: Celebrating Karen Mountain, RN, MCN's Leader and Defender of Health Justice
Jul 24, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
“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…
Read Story
"People Are Just Trying to Survive": MCN's Dr. Laszlo Madaras Reflects After Returning from the Border
Jul 23, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
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…
Read Story
Five on Friday: Killer Heat in the United States
Jul 19, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
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…
Read Story
Five on Friday: Reclaiming Puerto Rico's Agricultural History
Jul 12, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
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…
Read Story
Five on Friday: The Crisis of Physician Burnout
Jul 5, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
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…
Read Story
Antibiotics in Orange Groves: Resistance for the Masses, Unknown Health Consequences for the Farmworkers
Jul 2, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
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…
Read Story
35 Years of Migrant Clinicians Network: Imagine What’s Next
Jul 1, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
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…
Read Story
Five on Friday: Pride Month
Jun 28, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
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…
Read Story
Mother of a Transgender Boy: “Am I Doing the Right Thing?”
Jun 27, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
The Rodriguez family. Front row: Liliana, 13, and Alejandro, 10. Back row: Adrian,15; Jose, father; Izaak, 18; and Carmen, mother. Four years ago, Carmen Rodriguez had trouble switching pronouns…
Read Story
Diabetes Clinical Teams: Q&A with Kevin Alfaro-Martinez, Eva Galvez, MD, and Sarah Deines, PharmD, from Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
Jun 25, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
Kevin Alfaro-Martinez and Eva Galvez stand in front of health center. Kevin Alfaro-Martinez is a Primary Care Community Outreach Worker at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, a community…
Read Story
Five on Friday: Climate Change Fuels Valley Fever
Jun 21, 2019
By
:
Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s summer solstice! Before you head out to enjoy an extra-long light-filled evening, take a moment to read five of the news pieces that we shared among ourselves here at MCN this week…
Read Story
Position Statement: MCN Condemns Trump Administration Announcement of ICE Raids
Jun 20, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
“Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States.” -President Trump, via Twitter, June 17, 2019Migrant…
Read Story
Taking a Pulse: Migrant Clinicians Network’s 2019 Poll Reveals Continued Fear Among Migrant and Immigrant Patients
Jun 19, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
A new Migrant Clinicians Network poll of 71 health care providers and clinical staff from 16 US states and Puerto Rico found that 68 percent of respondents have seen a change in immigrant or migrant…
Read Story
In Memoriam: Charles Van Der Horst, MD
Jun 18, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network mourns the passing of Charles Van Der Horst, MD, a fierce advocate for health access, a prominent HIV/AIDS researcher, and emeritus professor of medicine and infectious…
Read Story
Five on Friday: Father's Day
Jun 14, 2019
By
:
Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Father’s Day! This Sunday, skip the new barbecue tools and cologne, and give the father in your life the gift of health. Go for a family day hike, swim some laps in the local community pool…
Read Story
Blue Tarps: Puerto Rico, Hurricane Season, and Vulnerable Populations
Jun 13, 2019
By
:
Anonymous
At the beginning of this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through their Climate Prediction Center released the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook predicting…
Read Story
In The Field: Occupational Health in Calexico with Ventanilla de Salud of the Mexican Consulate
Jun 10, 2019
By
:
Alma Galván
As part of “Filling the Gap in Worker Training: Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health,” supported by the Susan Harwood Capacity Building Program of the Occupational Safety and Health…
Read Story
Five on Friday: World Day Against Child Labor
Jun 7, 2019
By
:
Migrant Clinicians Network
On June 12th, we honor World Day Against Child Labor. Launched by the International Labor Organization in 2002, it brings our attention to the continued problem of children at work throughout the…
Read Story
Diabetes, Disasters, Late Night Outreach: The Life of a Migrant & Neighborhood Health Nurse in North Carolina
Jun 5, 2019
By
:
Claire Hutkins Seda
“It’s very, very busy this time a year.” That’s the update from Gena Byrd, RN, a nurse with Greene County Health Care, a community health center in North Carolina. One of the true migrant health…
Pagination
First page
Home
Previous page
‹
…
Page
23
Page
24
Page
25
Page
26
Current page
27
Page
28
Page
29
Page
30
Page
31
…
Next page
›
Last page
»
Open modal
You must have JavaScript enabled to use this form.
Email Address
Name
First Name
Last Name
Organization
Title
MCN Mailing List
Our bimonthly eNewsletter and updates
Our bimonthly eNewsletter and updates (Spanish)
Categories
Agriculture
Barriers to Care
Children
Climate Change
Clinical Care
Contact Tracing
COVID-19
COVID-19: Best Practices
Diabetes
Emergency Preparedness
Environmental Health
Farmworkers
Five on Friday
Health Care
Health Centers
Health Departments
Health Network
Health & Safety Regulations
Immigration
Immunization
Infectious Disease
International Work
Mental Health
Mpox
Occupational Health and Safety
Pesticides
Puerto Rico
Refugees
Research
Social Justice
Spanish
Webinars
What's New
Witness to Witness
Women's Health
Zika Virus
30 Clinicians Making a Difference
Top 5 Blog - 2022