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Five on Friday: Reforms Needed to Protect Workers
Aug 26, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
The weekend is approaching! Before you head out, read these five great pieces selected by MCN staff on issues in migrant and immigrant health for our weekly Five on Friday. Guess how much…
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VdS El Paso Supports Hundreds of Migrant Workers on Health & Safety
Aug 24, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
When at the end of 2021, Leslie Martínez, then National Coordinator of the Ventanillas de Salud, called to ask if I was interested in participating in a Worker Health and Safety Capacity…
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Five on Friday: The End of Roe Impacts the Health of Farmworkers
Aug 18, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
The back-to-school frenzy is all around us! Some kids headed back in early August, while others get a few more weeks of lazing about before the post-Labor Day return. Regardless of where the kids…
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The Latest in Suicide Prevention: Resources, Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and a New Stage Theory
Aug 18, 2022
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Kaethe Weingarten
It is a sign of significant progress that we now have a dedicated number to call in case of mental health crises. People experiencing a mental health crisis can call or text the numbers 9-8-8.…
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Still Impacted by the Pandemic, Immigrant Workers Share Concerns About COVID-19
Aug 16, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Hannia Benitez and her coworkers are concerned. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, the staff at El Vinculo Hispano, a North Carolina nonprofit serving Hispanic communities, has…
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Five on Friday: National Health Center Week 2022
Aug 12, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
It's National Health Center Week! Across the United States, community health centers save lives. Thank you to all the clinicians – community health workers, physicians, medical assistants,…
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Charlas entre mujeres: Building Connection, Conveying Trusted Health Information to Latinas
Aug 12, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Thousands of Mexican nationals living in the United States head to their local Mexican Consulate for administrative support every year. Taking advantage of this, the Mexican government has…
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Asylum Seekers vs. Refugees: What’s the Difference, and Why Does it Matter?
Aug 9, 2022
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Xander Starobin
Although incorrectly interchanged at times, the terms “refugees” and “asylum seekers” are not the same. In fact, the distinction between them is a crucial factor in how they receive medical care.…
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Nominations Now Accepted for 2022 Kugel-Zuroweste Health Justice Award
Aug 5, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
These unprecedented times have revealed unparalleled heroes. Although these valiant healers wear scrubs rather than capes, the clinicians specializing in migrant health face unique challenges in…
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Five on Friday: Climate Migrants Need Recognition
Aug 5, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
It's Friday again! Time to open the inboxes of MCN staff and share resources and news on migrant and immigrant health that you may have missed, plus one Weekly Win to showcase the positive elements…
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Understanding the Impact of Long COVID on Disenfranchised Communities
Aug 4, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Long COVID’s impact can span across many areas of a sufferer's life, affecting their physical abilities, mental health, work, and interpersonal relationships. Yet for disenfranchised populations,…
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When Mental Health Medications Meet Paxlovid: Choosing Between Treating the Body or Managing the Mind
Aug 3, 2022
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Ashley-Michelle Papon
Mental health has long been a taboo topic in my life. I am the daughter of Baby Boomers, one of whom belongs to the Blackfoot Nation, and discretion has always been valued: that is, no one airs out…
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Five on Friday: Patterns in COVID-19 Mortality by Race & Ethnicity
Jul 29, 2022
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MCN Admin
It's hot out there! First, read MCN's five recommended reads on migrant health for the week (with one Weekly Win, of course). Then, power down the laptop and grab the sunglasses and hat (with a…
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American Rescue Plan & Workforce Summit: CHWs & Hyperlocal Campaigns Build COVID Health Equity
Jul 28, 2022
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Esther Rojas
MCN's Esther Rojas at the American Rescue Plan and Workforce Summit. Earlier this month, I had the honor and privilege of attending the American Rescue Plan and Workforce Summit hosted by the White…
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Five on Friday: Protecting Child Farmworkers
Jul 22, 2022
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MCN Admin
Friday is here again! Time to peek into the inboxes of MCN staff and pull out five pieces on migrant and immigrant health that may be of interest to you. Wondering about Novavax? TL;DR -- “…
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Coping Strategies: Reflecting on (and Chatting with) Newly Formed Habits, Plus Five Tips to Break the Ones You Don’t Want
Jul 21, 2022
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Kaethe Weingarten
I’m 75 years old and I cannot remember a period of time as packed with big changes out in the world I live in as those of the past seven years. The gut-wrenching, nerve-wracking, upsetting,…
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Climate Action to Meet the Crisis: MCN Update from the US Virgin Islands
Jul 19, 2022
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Marysel Pagán Santana
Sometimes the rain is a blessing, and sometimes it’s a curse. Last week, I arrived with Migrant Clinicians Network’s Deliana Garcia at a farmer’s market in St. Croix, the largest island of the US…
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Five on Friday: Health Literacy in the United States
Jul 15, 2022
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MCN Admin
Ahh, Friday – the sweet tendrils of a warm summer weekend already drawing us out the door. Before you give in to its pull, we recommend reading Five on Friday, our weekly rundown of migrant and…
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Monkeypox: Your Questions Answered
Jul 13, 2022
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Laszlo Madaras
Despite low transmission in the US, monkeypox has dominated recent health news. As of July 9, 2022, 767 cases have been confirmed in the US. Cases have been reported across Europe as well – but…
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US and International Migration Policy Must Prioritize Health Care Access
Jul 12, 2022
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MCN Admin
Two weeks ago, 53 people lost their lives to excessive and grueling heat exposure when their smuggler abandoned the semitruck in which they were traveling in the heat in San Antonio. This…
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Anger, and Caring for Those who Made Poor Choices, from MCN’s Dr. Madaras (revisited)
Jul 11, 2022
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Laszlo Madaras
Thirty years ago, on a late summer August evening during my trauma surgery rotation in 1991, I was called in to assist the surgeon with an 11-year-old girl who was in an automobile accident and…
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Five on Friday: U.S. Pharmacists Can Now Prescribe Pfizer’s Covid Pill
Jul 8, 2022
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MCN Admin
Here's our weekly Five on Friday, with five pieces of news and analysis shared among MCN staff that you may have missed, including a double Weekly Win, because we all need some good news right now…
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Florida Clinicians: How to Support Parents of Young Children in their Decision to Vaccinate
Jul 1, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Last month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis did not permit health care providers to pre-order COVID vaccines for children between the ages of six months and four years. Last week, however, the state…
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Five on Friday: Ending the 'Remain in Mexico' Program
Jul 1, 2022
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MCN Admin
Friday has arrived! MCN's Five on Friday gives you a manageable dose of migrant and immigrant health news – just enough to stay up to date with new insights and news pieces you may have missed,…
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A Tour of a Detention Center, A Taste of My Own Freedom and Privilege
Jun 27, 2022
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Karen Mountain
( People in line at the processing facility in Donna, Texas) It’s 8:30 AM on June 10th in flat, brown Laredo, Texas. It’s already hot and headed toward scorching as 20 of us lined and masked up in…
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Supreme Court Abortion Decision Violates Women’s Fundamental Health Rights and Increases Inequities
Jun 24, 2022
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MCN Admin
Today’s Supreme Court decision Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will restrict women’s access to abortion, a procedure that the United Nations Human Rights Committee recognizes as a…
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