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Wintertime at the Hospital: Flu Shots, RSV, and the 2019 Influenza Season

Jan 30, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH As many of us in health centers and hospitals around the country can attest, we are in the midst of the flu season. Seasonal flu activity typically occurs between…
Del at TB meeting in The Hague

In the Field: Next Steps in Worldwide TB Elimination at the Union Conference

Oct 31, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Deliana Garcia presenting to legislators from across the Americas on the importance of effective #TB care for migrants. Last week’s Union World Conference on Lung Health, held in The Hague, was…
Stop TB attendees

UN High Level Meeting on TB: Declaration Must Be Met by Political Will and Resources

Oct 3, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Investment follows political will.” -Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, at the UN High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis “Investment follows political will.” -Henrietta Fore, Executive…
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TB Elimination: Unprecedented Efforts in Marshall Islands Will "Have Downstream Effects"

Sep 19, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Every morning for three weeks, MCN’s Co-Chief Medical Officers, Ed Zuroweste, MD, and Laszlo Madaras, MD, woke up early in Majuro, the capital city of the Marshall Islands, and went for a run.…
A mosquito feeding

Zika in Puerto Rico: The Threat After Maria -- New Video

Jul 26, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Almost a year ago, Hurricane Maria changed the lives of Puerto Ricans, ripping through their homes, levelling their fields, damaging major infrastructure for months to come. Since the moment the…
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World TB Day: A chance to transcend the debate and assure all people can access TB treatment

Mar 24, 2018
By: Edward Zuroweste
Type “Migrants are...” in your search bar and and you’ll see what your browsing history guesses you believe. “Migrants are scum, migrants are invaders, migrants are ruining Europe,” pop up on one…
In the field Kazakhstan

In the Field: TB Control in Kazakhstan

Dec 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, the temperature in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is expected to reach a high of seven degrees Fahrenheit. Certainly colder than Central Texas -- but that didn’t stop Migrant Clinicians…
Group Photo Panama

Migrants Throughout the Americas: TB and TB-HIV Coinfection Advocacy in Panama

Nov 30, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In the leadup to the 2016 summer Olympics, migrants arrived in Brazil in droves to build the infrastructure necessary to host the games. After the work was completed, many migrants, particularly…
Ed Zuroweste speaking at Washington State TB Educational Conference

How Health Centers Can Tackle TB Infection, According to Dr. Zuroweste

Oct 17, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
When we think of Tuberculosis identification and treatment, we often think of the local health department. After all, they are set up to take the lead role in such public health concerns, providing…
child getting vaccination

Shots: Immigrant Community Under Fire for Measles Outbreak. What Can Health Care Providers Do?

Aug 23, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In the suburbs around Minneapolis, Minnesota, an alarming measles epidemic has public health authorities on edge. As of mid-July, 79 cases have been confirmed, primarily among small children. Like…
Workers standing on dusty soil

High Index of Suspicion: Valley Fever in California’s Central Valley

Aug 3, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Clinica Sierra Vista’s patient population in their Kern County, California clinics reflects this rural slice of the Central Valley, the southernmost stretch of the famously fertile and productive…
mcn streamline spring summer 2017

Excerpt from New Issue of Streamline: What to do when a patient with active TB leaves the country and stops treatment?

Jul 12, 2017
By: Rob Corona
Different Countries, Different Diagnoses: Health Network Case StudyBy Rob Corona, Health Network AssociateOut of the dozens of Tuberculosis (TB) cases that I managed in 2016, one stands out in my…
patient getting blood pressure checked

The High Cost of Closing Pennsylvania's Health Departments

May 31, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Here’s how Pennsylvania’s health departments currently work: A patient with active tuberculosis is in the third month of his six-month treatment in southwest Pennsylvania. Like many patients with…
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Mosquito Season: Making the Critical Diagnosis

May 24, 2017
By: Brenda Ramirez
By Ed Zuroweste, MD, Co-Chief Medical Officer, Migrant Clinicians NetworkA patient arrives at your office with high fever, joint and muscle pain, and a headache. He is a 54-year-old agricultural…
MCN's Ed Zuroweste standing a group of people on Ebeye Island

In the Field: Screening All Adults on Ebeye Island

Apr 12, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
For the last three weeks, MCN has been missing two key players in our all-star lineup of clinicians and health justice advocates: Ed Zuroweste, MD and Candace Kugel, CRNP, CNM, who spent three weeks…
downcast man holding cell phone

James and His Brother: A Health Network Case Study on TB and HIV Co-Infection

Apr 5, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“When James* was first enrolled with Health Network, he was on the verge of death,” recounted Health Network Associate Olivia Hayes. James was enrolled in January 2016 by a mid-Atlantic state’s…
young woman worker in field holding her hands to her face

TB Still Kills: Deliana Garcia’s New Op-Ed Asks for More Recognition of TB As a Worldwide Health Threat

Apr 4, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Tuberculosis kills. In 2017, millions of people will die of TB, the disease which tormented Chinese dynasties a thousand years ago, which gripped Europe during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance,…
Laszlo Madaras at the Pennsylvania Conference on Tick-Borne Diseases

In the Field: Pennsylvania Conference on Tick-Borne Diseases

Mar 29, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, SFHM, Co-Chief Medical Officer at MCN facilitated a two-day conference on tick-borne disease at his home health center Summit Health in Pennsylvania. The…
sick girl sitting on ground

Top 4 Reasons the WHO Got it Wrong on TB

Mar 24, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Two weeks before today’s World TB Day, the World Health Organization announced its first-ever list of the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant superbugs on the planet that pose the greatest…
deliana garcia speaking at podium

In The Field: Deliana Garcia on Equitable Care for Immigrants Suffering From TB

Mar 1, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
To effectively mobilize many tuberculosis patients, we must take into account the environment that may hinder their ability to step forward and self-advocate. That was one of the messages from MCN’s…
Bayterek Tower in Astana Kazakhstan

In the Field: Battling TB Across Borders in Central Asia

Dec 15, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Remember last week when Deliana Garcia reported out from a trip to Mexico City? A few days later, she journeyed 23 long hours to reach Kazakhstan, the largest post-Soviet nation of Central Asia and…
Fall Streamline newsletter

Three Reasons To Read the New Issue of Streamline

Dec 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Perhaps this post’s title is a bit too boastful, but we couldn’t help it! We are proud to announce the launch our newest issue of Streamline, Migrant Clinicians Network’s quarterly clinical…
Deliana Garcia lecturing at the TB Caucus of the Americas

In the Field: Deliana Garcia at the TB Caucus of the Americas in Mexico City

Dec 1, 2016
By: Carmen Vélez Vega
The Global TB Caucus is an international network of legislators who have united around the common commitment to put an end to tuberculosis. One of the principles on which the Caucus bases its work…
MCN Giving Tuesday

Why does the WHO think Zika’s no longer a global health emergency, while it’s still spreading?

Nov 30, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Monday, Texas health authorities reported its first case of locally transmitted Zika. Just 10 days earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) topped the public health news feeds with its…
mcn Mosquitoes — and diseases like Zika — flourish when economies tank

MCN Comic: Working with farm animals: Keeping Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community Healthy

Nov 10, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network is proud to release the new comic book, Working with farm animals: Keeping Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community Healthy, offered in English and in Spanish.…
mcn Deliana Garcia at Union World Conference on Lung Health

In the Field: Deliana Garcia at Union World Conference on Lung Health

Nov 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Tuberculosis continues to kill two million people each year -- and that’s two million too many. This ancient disease, which is inexpensive to treat and cure, has been a focal point of Migrant…