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Five on Friday: Misinformation and Farmworkers

Five on Friday: Misinformation and Farmworkers

Sep 27, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’re headed into the weekend once again, and, unsurprisingly, the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network had a lot to share this week! Here are five must-reads that MCNers offer to you. Kaethe…
Five on Friday: Workers Health and Vaccines

Five on Friday: Workers Health and Vaccines

Aug 30, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Friday, dear readers, and welcome back to Five on Friday, where we share out five pieces that MCN staff believes you should read. This week, our staff uncovered not one, not two, but three…
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…
Five on Friday: Harvest Season 2024

Five on Friday: Harvest Season 2024

Aug 16, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday again! Across the country, peak harvest is underway. Migrant farmworkers have arrived and are hard at work in northern states like Pennsylvania, where vegetables and fruit like peaches…
Quick Response, Improved Surveillance, and Excessive Heat: Factors in the Rise of Avian Flu Cases

Quick Response, Improved Surveillance, and Excessive Heat: Factors in the Rise of Avian Flu Cases

Jul 18, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The headlines are head turning: almost 70 suspected cases of H5N1 (also known as avian flu or bird flu) in workers at a Colorado poultry farm. If confirmed, the number of worker cases would…
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…
Dehydration: Migrant Agricultural Workers at the Crux of Social Risk Factors, Climate Change, and Public Health

Dehydration: Migrant Agricultural Workers at the Crux of Social Risk Factors, Climate Change, and Public Health

Jul 3, 2024
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Among the estimated 2.4 million farmworkers in the United States, many work temporarily as migrants, seasonal workers, or guest program workers with an H2-A visa. Temporary agricultural workers…
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.…
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…
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…