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Pregnant and Without Health Care: Dr. Adrian Billings on New Public Charge Rule

Oct 15, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This summer, a woman who was four months pregnant discontinued her Medicaid health care, despite being legally eligible for the coverage, and planned to pay out of pocket for prenatal care,…
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Project Catalyst: Evidence-Based IPV and Trafficking Engagement

Oct 10, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Juana* had been in an abusive relationship for years. For the last two years, she’d been working with the behavioral health clinician at her local community health center in Arkansas. The…
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Perspective from the Border: Mike Seifert

Sep 18, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“The Rio Grande Valley, which is one end of our very long southern border, is an entity in and of itself,” summarized Mike Seifert, a border advocate and resident for over 30 years. The region’s…
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Is Medical Protocol at Border Patrol Facilities Sufficient?

Sep 10, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Who is responsible for the health and wellbeing of refugee-seeking families in detention at the US-Mexico border? At least three children have died of influenza while in Customs and Border…
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Changes to Health Care Rights Law Endanger Health of My Patients

Aug 10, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
My patient, Alma, came to the emergency room with chest pain radiating to her left breast. She was 55 and had already had a lumpectomy for suspected breast cancer five years ago. She was worried…
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MCN Statement on Recent Shootings in California, Texas, and Ohio

Aug 5, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We at Migrant Clinicians Network are devastated by the recent shootings in California last week, and Texas and Ohio this past weekend. These horrific and tragic events have affected our staff, family…
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"People Are Just Trying to Survive": MCN's Dr. Laszlo Madaras Reflects After Returning from the Border

Jul 23, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
July is a time of reflection for Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer of Migrant Clinicians Network. A quarter-century ago, in July, 1994, he traveled to Rwanda to serve the urgent health…
Position Statement: MCN Condemns Trump Administration Announcement of ICE Raids

Position Statement: MCN Condemns Trump Administration Announcement of ICE Raids

Jun 20, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States.” -President Trump, via Twitter, June 17, 2019Migrant…
Taking a Pulse: Migrant Clinicians Network’s 2019 Poll Reveals Continued Fear Among Migrant and Immigrant Patients

Taking a Pulse: Migrant Clinicians Network’s 2019 Poll Reveals Continued Fear Among Migrant and Immigrant Patients

Jun 19, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
A new Migrant Clinicians Network poll of 71 health care providers and clinical staff from 16 US states and Puerto Rico found that 68 percent of respondents have seen a change in immigrant or migrant…
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Blue Tarps: Puerto Rico, Hurricane Season, and Vulnerable Populations

Jun 13, 2019
By: Anonymous
At the beginning of this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through their Climate Prediction Center released the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook predicting…
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Diabetes, Disasters, Late Night Outreach: The Life of a Migrant & Neighborhood Health Nurse in North Carolina

Jun 5, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“It’s very, very busy this time a year.” That’s the update from Gena Byrd, RN, a nurse with Greene County Health Care, a community health center in North Carolina. One of the true migrant health…
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Ghettoization of the Migrant Population: Perspective from Dr. John Ghertner

Jun 4, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
John Ghertner, MD, has been living and working as a physician for the migrant community in the Finger Lakes region of New York State since around 1980. His integration into the community -- he says…
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MCN Statement: Detention Facilities are Inappropriate for Children

May 24, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The repeated and avoidable deaths of migrant children in detention is unconscionable. We at Migrant Clinicians Network demand immediate implementation of greater safeguards and better conditions…
Stagnant Patient Records Are Public Health Problem

Medscape Perspective: Stagnant Patient Records Are Public Health Problem

May 16, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Mobile patients -- whether a professional who gets sick at an out-of-town conference or a farmworker who moves every three weeks for work -- often find that health records aren’t available when…
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Dr. Madaras at the UN: TB Can Be Controlled through Universal Health Coverage

May 14, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
At the end of April, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH headed to the United Nations in New York City for a multi-stakeholder hearing on universal health coverage, ahead of a UN…
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The US-Mexico Border Then and Now, with Timothy Dunn

Apr 22, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(This image is licensed under: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode) “Historically, we’re nowhere near the levels we were, at the turn of the century,” noted Timothy Dunn,…
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From the Border: Refugees and Their Health Needs, with Dr. Marsha Griffin

Apr 4, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
What’s happening at the border bridges? Dr. Griffin explains that, typically, an immigrant who wishes to seek asylum approaches the center of a walking bridge that crosses the Rio Grande to the US…
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Tuberculosis: Migration Doesn’t Have to Be a Barrier

Mar 25, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Tuberculosis is curable, easy to diagnose, and easy to prevent. Despite these simple facts, 1.3 million…
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New England Journal of Medicine Publishes Health Network Case Study Highlighting Social Distance

Mar 22, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
A 39-year-old pregnant farmworker faces numerous health risks. Engaged in heavy physical labor and exposed to pesticides and heat, she may also face poor living conditions, contaminated water, or…
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Social Determinants of Health, Disaster Preparation, and PRAPARE: Streamline's New Issue

Jan 16, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s been two months since the Camp Fire rushed through Paradise, California, leaving 86 people dead and thousands of people homeless. In an opinion piece published in STAT News last week, MCN’…
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Dr. Ed Zuroweste: What is a climate migrant, and how do we care for them?

Jan 9, 2019
By: Brenda Ramirez
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Ed Zuroweste, MD, Co-Chief Medical Officer, published an op-ed in STAT News detailing the rise of climate migrants -- those who are moving because climate…
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Dr. Laszlo Madaras on Immigration: Care and Respect is Part of the American Character

Jan 8, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
What a difference a half-century makes. 50 years ago in the fall of 1968, I arrived in America as a young boy, and my family was not very different from many of those waiting at the US-Mexico…
Migrant girl dies at border

Seven-Year-Old Migrant Girl’s Death: How to bring basic humanitarian aid to the border

Dec 18, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It is a heartbreaking refugee story: A seven-year-old girl, Jakelin Caal Maquin, and her father leave the family behind in a destitute village in Guatemala, to take a dangerous journey in…
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Puerto Rico: Strengthening Relationships, Building Community to Prepare for the Next Disaster

Dec 11, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“ the importance of including the needs of the community and the importance of helping the community to build their own ." -Participant in Mobilizing Communities in Puerto Rico to Meet the…
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Clinician Action Today: Why Public Charge Affects Public Health

Dec 10, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is the final day for public comments on the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to public charge. Despite the proposal not yet being into effect, the consequences are already being felt…
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Militarization on the Border: Professor Timothy Dunn on the History and Implications for Health

Dec 4, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Assuring health justice for the mobile poor, including asylum seekers and refugees, starts with an immigration strategy that prioritizes health and well-being. As we’ve seen in recent months,…