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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: 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…
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…
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…
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…
New Comic Book: Protecting Respiratory Health from Bad Air

New Comic Book: Protecting Respiratory Health from Bad Air

May 23, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This month, Migrant Clinicians Network released its brand-new comic book in Spanish, “Nadie sabe que repira…¡Hasta que le falta el aire!” and translated the comic book into English, “Clear the Air…
Equipping Climate Workers to Stay Safe: Health and Safety Training with MCN and Resilience Force in New Orleans

Equipping Climate Workers to Stay Safe: Health and Safety Training with MCN and Resilience Force in New Orleans

Mar 21, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Earlier this month, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, and Alma Galván, MHC, headed to New Orleans to meet up with organizers and workers from Resilience Force, a national…
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…
New Learning Collaborative Series Strengthens the Capacities of Health Workers to Improve Response to Public Health Emergencies in Puerto Rico

New Learning Collaborative Series Strengthens the Capacities of Health Workers to Improve Response to Public Health Emergencies in Puerto Rico

Oct 5, 2023
By: Myrellis Muñiz Márquez
In one small community in Puerto Rico, a young man was reluctant to get vaccinated for COVID-19 – until he got sick. After infecting several vulnerable people with multiple chronic conditions and…
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,…
Four Ways to Prevent Boat Deaths

Four Ways to Prevent Boat Deaths

Jun 23, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At least 81 people died, and hundreds more are missing, after an overburdened migrant boat listed and sank in the Mediterranean Sea last week. Up to 750 people were aboard, and only 104 people have…
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,…
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,…
What Are PFAS, and How Do These "Forever Chemicals" Impact Farmworker Communities? MCN and Farmworker Justice Weigh In.

What Are PFAS, and How Do These "Forever Chemicals" Impact Farmworker Communities? MCN and Farmworker Justice Weigh In.

Feb 9, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We write on behalf of Farmworker Justice and Migrant Clinicians Network to urge you to support Senate Bill 158, Pesticide Registration - PFAS Testing – Requirements. Farmworker Justice is a…
When A Climate Crisis Pushes Families to Flee

When A Climate Crisis Pushes Families to Flee

Dec 18, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
No one migrates without reason. Every day, people make the nearly impossible decision to leave their homes and cross international borders. There are countless reasons to leave, be it to seek…
Farmers Voice Concern Over Climate Crisis, MCN Provides Education at Farm Aid

Farmers Voice Concern Over Climate Crisis, MCN Provides Education at Farm Aid

Oct 3, 2022
By: Renée AboAmshe
Farm Aid staff showing support for MCN’s mission. At last week’s Farm Aid, participants enjoyed performances by top acts like Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow, interspersed with stories from farmers…
After Fiona, Some Reminders to Take Care of Yourself

After Fiona, Some Reminders to Take Care of Yourself

Sep 27, 2022
By: Kaethe Weingarten
It’s hard to fathom the misfortune of enduring a hurricane on the fifth anniversary of another devastating one, but that is what happened to those living in Puerto Rico this past week. Hurricane…