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Five on Friday: Climate and Workers Health

Five on Friday: Climate and Workers Health

Nov 15, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday! We are finishing another very long week in migrant health. Before you head into the weekend, we want to offer five pieces affecting migrant and immigrant health that…
Five on Friday: Avian Flu and Immigration

Five on Friday: Avian Flu and Immigration

Nov 1, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another busy week in the world of migrant health! Somehow, it’s already Friday. Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Pam recommends…
Five on Friday: Voting and Environmental Health

Five on Friday: Voting and Environmental Health

Oct 18, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome to Five on Friday, where we at Migrant Clinicians Network share the top five articles, resources, and announcements of the week with you, our readers. Have a read, before you head into the…
Five on Friday: Migrant Health and Hurricanes

Five on Friday: Migrant Health and Hurricanes

Oct 11, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Friday to you! There’s a ton to share in the world of migrant and immigrant health. Here are just a few of the pieces that MCN staff shared this week. Del shared the Gothamist’s take on…
Five on Friday: Avian Flu, Farmworkers, and Health Literacy

Five on Friday: Avian Flu, Farmworkers, and Health Literacy

Oct 4, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday! Let’s take a look at recommended resources and reads from MCN staff. Alma G. reminded us that October is Health Literacy Month! Migrant Clinicians Network is dedicated to providing…
Amy K. Liebman, MPA, Receives Shelley Davis Humanitarian Award for Contributions to Farmworker Communities

Amy K. Liebman, MPA, Receives Shelley Davis Humanitarian Award for Contributions to Farmworker Communities

Sep 26, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, Amy K. Liebman, MPA, Chief Program Officer of Workers, Environment, and Climate, received the Shelley Davis Humanitarian Award as part of the 24th Annual Legacy Awards presented by…
A farmworker in the field looks toward the sun

MCN Applauds Maryland's Heat Illness Regulation, with an Eye on the Health of Farmworkers

Aug 26, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In 2024, there was a record-breaking eight 100-degree days in Baltimore, Maryland and with the increasing global temperature, this record likely will continue to be broken yearly. Hotter weather…
Five on Friday: Disaster Preparedness and Climate

Five on Friday: Disaster Preparedness and Climate

Aug 23, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! This week’s edition of Five on Friday covers top-of-mind issues like the health impacts of disasters, wildfires, and heat on vulnerable groups. Give it a read before you head…
After Hurricane Beryl: Five Practical Considerations for Health Centers Serving Migrants and Immigrants in a Climate-Infused World

After Hurricane Beryl: Five Practical Considerations for Health Centers Serving Migrants and Immigrants in a Climate-Infused World

Jul 11, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
When Hurricane Beryl pummeled the Caribbean with wind speeds of 160mph earlier this week, it became the earliest category-five Atlantic hurricane on record. Disturbingly high sea surface…
Federal Heat Standard Much Needed, Long Overdue, and Already in Jeopardy: Migrant Clinicians Network Statement

Federal Heat Standard Much Needed, Long Overdue, and Already in Jeopardy: Migrant Clinicians Network Statement

Jul 10, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a federal heat standard that would be the first to protect outdoor workers nationwide from the…
Building Climate Resilience and Health in the Face of Hurricanes in Caribbean Agricultural Communities

Building Climate Resilience and Health in the Face of Hurricanes in Caribbean Agricultural Communities

Jun 5, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s the start of June, which kicks off the Atlantic hurricane season – and this year’s hurricane season is predicted to be dangerous. Hot ocean waters strengthen hurricanes, and the waters in the…
In the Field: Navigating Wildfires, Heat, and COVID, Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega Turns to Connection and Community

In the Field: Navigating Wildfires, Heat, and COVID, Mary Jo Ybarra-Vega Turns to Connection and Community

Feb 29, 2024
By: Rushil Jain
Before the pandemic, we started getting really hot days in August, and then we started getting wildfires right in our area. It takes months for us to plan this back-to-school health fair event.…
Breaking Barriers, Transforming Health for Climate-Impacted Migrants on #GivingTuesday: Boost Your Impact with a Global Giving Match Campaign!

Breaking Barriers, Transforming Health for Climate-Impacted Migrants on #GivingTuesday: Boost Your Impact with a Global Giving Match Campaign!

Nov 28, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
When we talk about the health of migrants, we aren’t speaking solely about the health challenges mounting from their active migration. Migration is often messy and nonlinear, with migrants moving…
Six Years after Hurricane María: Disaster Still Marks Communities, Leaves Lessons on Climate Impact

Six Years after Hurricane María: Disaster Still Marks Communities, Leaves Lessons on Climate Impact

Sep 20, 2023
By: Marysel Pagán Santana
Jake Rios Torres, 9, watches as relief teams deliver supplies in the wake of Hurricane María. Today marks the sixth anniversary of Hurricane María passing through Puerto Rico and part of the US…
The Ripple Effect of Climate-Induced High Heat: One Step Beyond Heat Stress, a Myriad of Health Effects

The Ripple Effect of Climate-Induced High Heat: One Step Beyond Heat Stress, a Myriad of Health Effects

Sep 7, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Even as this record-breaking hot summer winds down, some parts of the country continue to experience unprecedented high heat days, giving a disturbing preview of climate crisis-fueled summers to…
Climate Change is Impacting Health Care Provision. Community Health Centers Push Back

Climate Change is Impacting Health Care Provision. Community Health Centers Push Back

Sep 6, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Climate change is impacting health care provision – and community health centers are taking note. At the recent Patient-Centered Climate Resilience Learning Collaborative, offered by Migrant…
Can Health Centers Affect Climate Change? A Review of the Landscape, and Call to Action

Can Health Centers Affect Climate Change? A Review of the Landscape, and Call to Action

Aug 29, 2023
By: Rushil Jain
Last month in Yuma, Arizona, 26-year-old farmworker and father of two, Dario Mendoza, died after collapsing twice and suffering heat stroke while working. Yuma experienced temperatures above 100…
Supervisor Believed Construction Worker Was on Drugs. He Was Dying of Heat Stress.

Supervisor Believed Construction Worker Was on Drugs. He Was Dying of Heat Stress.

Jul 27, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, the mother of Gabriel Infante sued his employer for $1 million, one year after the 24-year-old died of heat stress on the job. Infante’s supervisor believed he was on drugs – when in…
It’s Hot, But Do Workers Have to Die?

It’s Hot, But Do Workers Have to Die?

Jul 11, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
June 2023 was the hottest month on record. Last Monday, July 3rd, was the hottest day this planet has ever seen – until Tuesday came along. Then Thursday became the hottest day ever, capping the…
How a Migrant Agricultural Worker Patient with Kidney Failure Found Care Despite the Odds

How a Migrant Agricultural Worker Patient with Kidney Failure Found Care Despite the Odds

Jun 29, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Securing access to medical care for migrant agricultural workers is complicated, difficult, and sometimes impossible, especially when it comes to expensive services such as sub-specialist care,…
Why Respiratory Risks like Smoke Hit Low-Income Workers the Hardest

Why Respiratory Risks like Smoke Hit Low-Income Workers the Hardest

Jun 8, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Hint: Low-income people of color like agricultural workers have increased susceptibility to respiratory distress because of the body’s persistent state of stress, from poverty, racism, poor diet,…
Farmworkers Push for Community-Led Pesticide Exposure Surveillance Tool, Understanding of Farmworker Needs at PACT Event

Farmworkers Push for Community-Led Pesticide Exposure Surveillance Tool, Understanding of Farmworker Needs at PACT Event

Jun 7, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At Wunsch Farms, a sixth-generation family farm in Traverse City, Michigan, cardboard fruit packing boxes and a forklift in a large clean warehouse show the readiness of the farm as cherry season…
Fair Food Program: Five-Day March in Florida to Build Support for Human Rights, Dignity, Worker Protections, and Fairer Wages for Farmworkers

Fair Food Program: Five-Day March in Florida to Build Support for Human Rights, Dignity, Worker Protections, and Fairer Wages for Farmworkers

Mar 9, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
On March 14th, farmworkers and their allies will begin a five-day Build a New World march across Florida to bring awareness to farmworker abuse and celebrate the efforts that farmworkers are taking…
Two Very Different Islands Grapple with Growing Crops in the Age of Climate Change

Two Very Different Islands Grapple with Growing Crops in the Age of Climate Change

Mar 2, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The distance between St. Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico is less than an hour by flight, and yet the agriculture on the two Caribbean islands are worlds away. In Puerto Rico,…
Health Needs after Senseless Violence: MCN Response to Half Moon Bay Farmworker Shootings

Health Needs after Senseless Violence: MCN Response to Half Moon Bay Farmworker Shootings

Jan 24, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Yesterday, a farmworker allegedly opened fire on his coworkers in the greenhouses and farmworker housing of a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay, a small coastal town not far from San Francisco,…
Then and Now: COVID Exacerbated Health Inequities, But Also Built Opportunities for Ongoing, Trusted, Culturally Contextual Public Health Responses

Then and Now: COVID Exacerbated Health Inequities, But Also Built Opportunities for Ongoing, Trusted, Culturally Contextual Public Health Responses

Jan 19, 2023
By: Amy Liebman
Migrant Clinicians Network is a national nonprofit dedicated to health justice. We have two primary audiences: the frontline clinicians who serve immigrants, and the immigrant and migrant…