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Two New Journal Articles Focus on Agricultural Workers, COVID-19, and Ways to Improve Health and Well-Being

Sep 29, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Two new solutions-oriented article commentaries focused on farmworkers and COVID-19 were published this month in the Journal of Agromedicine special issue on the pandemic. Co-written by MCN staff,…
MCN Position Statement: Testing of Agricultural Workers Helps Essential Workers Stay Safe and Healthy

MCN Position Statement: Testing of Agricultural Workers Helps Essential Workers Stay Safe and Healthy

Sep 29, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the absence of a national, evidenced-based testing strategy, decisions regarding the provision of COVID-19 tests for agricultural workers have been left to states, to counties, and, in many cases…
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MCN’s Dr. Ed Zuroweste to New York State Labor and Wage Board on Overtime: “We Cannot Continue to Abuse Farmworkers”

Sep 1, 2020
By: Brenda Ramirez
My name is Ed Zuroweste. I’m a Board-Certified Family Physician with over 40 years’ experience in providing primary care, and I’m also the Founding Medical Director of Migrant Clinicians Network…
Paulina Cortes, a community activist from San Jose, gives a protective particulate mask to a farmworker in Stockton, California, on November 16th, 2018.

Essential: Protecting Farmworkers from Wildfire Smoke in California – and Health Care Workers on the Frontlines of COVID-19 – With Respirators

Aug 27, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, as fires burned across California, blackening skies and raining ash on ripe crops, California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (CalOSHA) reminded employers of the…
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MCN Comic Book and Training Curriculum Helps Farmworkers Stay Safe From Pesticides

Aug 11, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
COVID-19 is hitting farms hard. While outreach teams shift to provide COVID-19 prevention and support, they also continue to support farmworkers to avoid ongoing occupational hazards. Insecticides,…
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Call to Action: Protect Maryland Farmworkers from COVID-19

Jul 22, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, Migrant Clinicians Network joined 108 organizations in asking Maryland Governor Larry Hogan to enact emergency orders to protect farmworkers and poultry and seafood workers from COVID-19…
Farmworkers wearing protective gear while working

Monterey County Medical-Legal Partnership Lays Groundwork for Expanded and Unprecedented Coalition of Agricultural Leaders, Farmworker Advocates, and Clinicians

Jul 13, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In mid-March, as California’s abrupt COVID-19 shutdown pushed millions to shelter in place, a group of farmworker advocates began to discuss the vulnerabilities of local farmworkers, who were working…
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Q&A With Dr. Eva Galvez: How Clinicians Can Protect Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Partnerships and Advocacy

May 6, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In Oregon, migrant farmworkers will soon begin to arrive to pick the ripe berries for which Oregon is famous. As “essential workers,” farmworkers have labored in fields and orchards across the US…
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MCN Farmworker Ally Speaks Out: What Do Low Wages Mean for Farmworkers?

Apr 20, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
During our weekly all-staff meeting, MCN staff members discussed the worrying health consequences of the proposed pay cut for H2A workers in the midst of the pandemic, during which such workers are…
Farmworkers harvesting blueberries

Now Available in Spanish: Farmworkers & COVID-19 FAQ

Apr 1, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network’s webinars last week, offered in English and Spanish, presented a wealth of information: What is COVID-19 and how does it spread? How do clinicians support farmworkers and…
Participants of training in Laredo, TX.

How A Workplace Injury Inspired A Worker: Workers' Rights and Train-the-Trainer in Laredo, TX

Mar 26, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN's Kate Kruse and Alma Galvan with the participants of the Train-the-Trainers workshop in Laredo, TX.In all areas of work, people face the risk of injury on a daily basis. From acute injuries that…
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Farmworkers and COVID-19: FAQ

Mar 26, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network has been hard at work fielding clinician requests for guidance as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the anxiety it produces, stretch into even very rural communities. To reduce…
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Streamline: #MeToo in the Fields: New Video and Curriculum to Eliminate Agricultural Worker Sexual Harassment

Mar 18, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Cast and crew of training video filming. Yakima, WA | September 2019 By Claire Hutkins Seda, Writer, Migrant Clinicians Network and Managing Editor, Streamline When the #MeToo movement exploded…
Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, Director, Environmental and Occupational Health

Amy Liebman, Motivated Champion of Environmental and Worker Health Justice

Dec 19, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“I don’t know where it came from. I just have a very strong sense of justice,” declared Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health for Migrant Clinicians Network.…
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Masks for Fires: Kathryn Conlon, PhD, MPH Analyses new California Emergency Wildfire Smoke Regulation For Outdoor Workers

Sep 25, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
For two weeks in November, 2018, the California sun was almost extinguished. The Camp Fire, which quickly became the deadliest wildfire in California history, was torching the northern foothill…
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A New Resource for Farm Owners: How to Invest in Child Care and Watch Your Community Grow

Aug 12, 2019
By: Jordana Oman
Recognizing the Need Child care is the cornerstone of any thriving community. In fact, 89% of farm workers are more likely to choose a job in a location with accessible child care services. When…
Farmworkers work on a sunny day

Heat, Climate, Farmworkers, and Health: A Summer 2019 Update

Aug 6, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
July may be the hottest month ever recorded on the planet. The signature of the climate crisis is increased heat, particularly heat waves that are more frequent and longer in duration. Extreme heat…
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Antibiotics in Orange Groves: Resistance for the Masses, Unknown Health Consequences for the Farmworkers

Jul 2, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In May, the New York Times ran an article on the recent and significant increase in the use of antibiotics on orange groves in Florida to combat citrus greening disease, a bacterial infection…
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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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Year in Review: Protecting Farmworker Children from Environmental Contaminants

May 20, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
After an incredibly successful first year, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) and our partner, East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP) are ready and excited to kick off the second year of our…
Farmworker sprays pesticide on field

New US Senate Bill Matches State Bills Seeking to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Mar 28, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Sofia Carrasco Earlier today, Senator Tom Udall introduced legislation that would ban chlorpyrifos across the nation. The bill, entitled Protect Children, Families and Farmworkers from Nerve…
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MCN Stands Up for a Ban on Chlorpyrifos in Maryland

Feb 14, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Sofia Carrasco Yesterday, Migrant Clinicians Network’s own Amy K. Liebman testified in front of Maryland’s House Environment and Transportation Committee in support of HB 275 for a Maryland-…
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Structural Differential: New England Journal of Medicine Features Maine Migrant Health

Dec 19, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, the New England Journal of Medicine published “Structural Differential -- A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain,” the first in a series of case studies in social medicine that the…
Farmworker harvests apples

MCN's New Worker Safety Project Serves the Haitian Community

Nov 6, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by Earl Dotter) Habacuc Petion’s father was working the midnight shift sanitizing at a chicken processing plant when his hand caught on the conveyor belt. Petion’s father suffered a broken…
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Post-Florence: Hog Waste Contaminates the Floodwaters, and Disaster Expert Chip Hughes Looks Ahead to Clean-up

Sep 27, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by: Sandy Millar) During Hurricane Florence, Joseph “Chip” Hughes, Jr., MPH, was with his family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 120 miles from the coast. But his university town, one that…
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Earl Dotter: A Lifetime of Documenting the Hard Work of Others

Sep 17, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Photo by Earl Dotter “I came of age professionally in the worker health and safety movement with Earl Dotter’s images, bringing to life, in often painful ways, worker struggles and reinforcing…