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Pregnant Asylum Seekers Deserve Better, with Pinky Garcia

Dec 8, 2021
By: jsanne
At Health Network, we help hundreds of pregnant asylum seekers every year. Their health needs are often complicated, and getting care for them is frequently very difficult because they are so…
Should a Pregnant Patient Get Vaccinated? What about a Six-Year-Old? MCN’s Newest COVID-19 Resources Help Explain

Should a Pregnant Patient Get Vaccinated? What about a Six-Year-Old? MCN’s Newest COVID-19 Resources Help Explain

Dec 7, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Why should my six-year-old get vaccinated, if he's unlikely to get very ill with COVID-19? I don't want to get a new vaccine while I'm pregnant because I'm concerned for my baby. Why should I get…
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Asylum-Seeking Children Deserve Better – Giving Tuesday 2021

Nov 29, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Most of the children who arrive in the US to seek asylum with their families are healthy, which is pretty miraculous, considering the grueling and long journeys the families often take, sometimes…
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Pregnant? Get Vaccinated Immediately, Says the CDC with New Data in Hand

Oct 6, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, three pregnant women with severe COVID checked into a rural hospital in Pennsylvania. Two required intubation and ventilation, and then were quickly transferred to the ICU. These patients…
A young girl looks at the ocean

Six Practical Steps to Prevent Child Suicide

Sep 23, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few months, I have been shaken over the unprecedent tragic increase in child attempted and completed suicides among youth, even in cohorts of five- to 12-year-olds, one facet of a…
COVID-19 and Childcare Efforts for Vulnerable Families

COVID-19 and Childcare Efforts for Vulnerable Families

May 18, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For more than a year, “essential” workers have continued to work. Despite an increased risk of exposure to COVID-19 in the workplace, a disproportionate risk of contracting severe COVID-19,…
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Health Network for Babies, Children, and Mothers

May 6, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Maria* was 36 weeks pregnant when she arrived at the immigrant shelter in McAllen, Texas, where the US-Mexico border is defined by the Rio Grande. Like so many fleeing violence, that is…
mothers at the border

Mother’s Day: A Young Asylum-Seeker Needing Prenatal Care, Health Network, and #LaborsOfLove

May 3, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This Mother’s Day, support asylum-seeking mothers to get the care they need for themselves and for their babies.Donate to #LaborsOfLove here. Courage comes in many forms. Often, American holidays…
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Why is the implementation of comprehensive occupational health programs for school personnel essential for a safe reopening of schools? A summary of our most recent training program in Puerto Rico

Jan 5, 2021
By: Anonymous
By: Marysel Pagán-Santana, DrPH, Puerto Rico Senior Program ManagerOne of the most repeated topics of public discussion in Puerto Rico and around the world is the opening of educational institutions…
Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX.

A Six-Year-Old Asylum Seeker with Microcephaly and Frequent Seizures Struggles to Get Emergency Care, So Health Network Steps In

Jan 23, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX. A young Guatemalan mother and father and their two young sons crossed the border earlier this…
Farmworker parents after participating in an environmental health and safety talk with a community health worker.

Knowledge is Power: Reaching Farmworkers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia with Environmental Health Education

Dec 5, 2019
By: Jordana Oman
Farmworker parents after participating in an environmental health and safety talk with a community health worker.By Kate Kruse, Project Coordinator, Migrant Clinicians NetworkPrior to living and…
Position Statement: Children Should Never Be Held in Detention

Position Statement: Children Should Never Be Held In Detention

Aug 22, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network stands firmly against the Trump Administration’s shocking decision to dissolve the Flores Settlement, paving the way to detain children for indefinite periods of time.“It…
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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…
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Emanual Ramirez,18-Year-Old US Citizen of Parents Without Work Authorization, Asks to "Keep Families Together"

Jul 25, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
When the Dust Rises “When the Dust Rises” is an anthology of written and photographic submissions from Mount Vernon migrant youth, some as young as 11, who participate in the Mount Vernon…
The Rodriguez family. Front row: Liliana, 13, and Alejandro, 10. Back row: Adrian,15; Jose, father; Izaak, 18; and Carmen, mother.

Mother of a Transgender Boy: “Am I Doing the Right Thing?”

Jun 27, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The Rodriguez family. Front row: Liliana, 13, and Alejandro, 10. Back row: Adrian,15; Jose, father; Izaak, 18; and Carmen, mother. Four years ago, Carmen Rodriguez had trouble switching pronouns…
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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…
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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…
Man and child look through border fence

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,…
Child looks at border fence

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…
Young girl gets ear inspection

A Child's Ear Surgery, A Family's Migration: Health Network in Action

Feb 27, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Retta, Health Network Associate While Health Network is available for any patient regardless of age, sex, race, or ethnicity, and for any health condition, it’s rare that we receive an…
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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-…
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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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,…
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Voces Fuertes Benefit Concert: “We See You And We Care”

Oct 30, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“For the past two years, we’ve heard from clinicians all over the country variations on this theme, which is ‘my patients are experiencing increasing levels of fear and stress; the families that…
Kids on playground

Celebrate Children's Health Month by Empowering Farmworker Parents to Protect their Childrens' Health

Oct 15, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Every day, children are accosted with a barrage of parental nags, primarily aimed at keeping children safe and healthy: look both ways; tie your shoe; don’t talk to strangers; eat your…
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Berkeley Benefit Concert: Youth Support MCN Through Activism

Oct 9, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last month, 30 teenagers from around Berkeley, California, piled onto couches and squatted on shag carpeting in a rec room of a local Presbyterian church. They had been listening to Deliana…