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Avian Flu FAQ for Clinicians Serving Migrant and Immigrant Workers

Avian Flu FAQ for Clinicians Serving Migrant and Immigrant Workers

Dec 12, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As avian flu continues to sicken workers across the United States, Migrant Clinicians Network seeks to provide clinicians and health advocates with reliable information so they can best serve…
Five on Friday: Infectious Disease

Five on Friday: Infectious Disease

Nov 8, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
With all eyes and minds on the election, other news and resources in migrant health may have slipped through the cracks. Here are five things that you may have missed, recommended by Migrant…
Five on Friday: Avian Flu and Immigration

Five on Friday: Avian Flu and Immigration

Nov 1, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another busy week in the world of migrant health! Somehow, it’s already Friday. Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Pam recommends…
Resources Rundown: What’s New at Migrant Clinicians Network

Resources Rundown: What’s New at Migrant Clinicians Network

Oct 30, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network consistently develops a range of valuable resources to support your work in advancing health justice and to address emerging migrant health issues. Our latest offerings…
Five on Friday: Voting and Environmental Health

Five on Friday: Voting and Environmental Health

Oct 18, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome to Five on Friday, where we at Migrant Clinicians Network share the top five articles, resources, and announcements of the week with you, our readers. Have a read, before you head into the…
Five on Friday: Avian Flu, Farmworkers, and Health Literacy

Five on Friday: Avian Flu, Farmworkers, and Health Literacy

Oct 4, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday! Let’s take a look at recommended resources and reads from MCN staff. Alma G. reminded us that October is Health Literacy Month! Migrant Clinicians Network is dedicated to providing…
Five on Friday: Misinformation and Farmworkers

Five on Friday: Misinformation and Farmworkers

Sep 27, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’re headed into the weekend once again, and, unsurprisingly, the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network had a lot to share this week! Here are five must-reads that MCNers offer to you. Kaethe…
Amy K. Liebman, MPA, Receives Shelley Davis Humanitarian Award for Contributions to Farmworker Communities

Amy K. Liebman, MPA, Receives Shelley Davis Humanitarian Award for Contributions to Farmworker Communities

Sep 26, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, Amy K. Liebman, MPA, Chief Program Officer of Workers, Environment, and Climate, received the Shelley Davis Humanitarian Award as part of the 24th Annual Legacy Awards presented by…
Five on Friday: Immigration, Language, and Farm Safety

Five on Friday: Immigration, Language, and Farm Safety

Sep 20, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! It’s National Farm Safety and Health Week (as you’ll see in the Weekly Win) and we are excited to celebrate and uplift the health needs of migrant and immigrant food and…
Five on Friday: COVID-19, Agriculture, and Health Equity

Five on Friday: COVID-19, Agriculture, and Health Equity

Sep 6, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday is here! Lots of interesting articles and resources that MCN staff shared this week -- here's a sampling for you, including one Weekly Win. Kaethe shared this Medscape article on a new…
Five on Friday: Workers Health and Vaccines

Five on Friday: Workers Health and Vaccines

Aug 30, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Friday, dear readers, and welcome back to Five on Friday, where we share out five pieces that MCN staff believes you should read. This week, our staff uncovered not one, not two, but three…
A farmworker in the field looks toward the sun

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…
New Article: The Structural Forces Underpinning Pesticide Exposure

New Article: The Structural Forces Underpinning Pesticide Exposure

Aug 14, 2024
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Agricultural workers bear a disproportionate burden of pesticide exposure in the United States. While that pronouncement may seem obvious (as agricultural workers apply the chemicals, work in…
Five on Friday: Migration, Global Health and Avian Flu

Five on Friday: Migration, Global Health and Avian Flu

Aug 9, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday is here! We've got five articles and resources for you to keep you well informed in the world of migrant health and health justice, recommended by the staff here at Migrant Clinicians…
FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

Aug 8, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network continues to receive questions from our clinical network on COVID-19 and vaccines for migrant, immigrant, and farmworker communities. Here, we offer our…
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…
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…
Avian Flu on Dairy Farms: What Clinicians and Dairy Worker Patients Need to Know

Avian Flu on Dairy Farms: What Clinicians and Dairy Worker Patients Need to Know

Apr 17, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has arrived in dairy farms in eight states across the United States in recent weeks. One dairy worker became infected with avian flu when the virus jumped from…
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.…
2023 Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award Winner, Deysi Merino-Gonzalez: Going Full Circle

2023 Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award Winner, Deysi Merino-Gonzalez: Going Full Circle

Jan 23, 2024
By: Sonia Alvarado
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) is proud to announce Deysi Merino-Gonzalez as the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award. Named after Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM…
Harvesting Success: Insights from the Northeast Latino Agricultural Community Conference

Harvesting Success: Insights from the Northeast Latino Agricultural Community Conference

Dec 14, 2023
By: Jessica Calderón
Last weekend, I had the privilege of attending the Northeast Latino/a/x Agricultural Community Conference organized by Cornell University Small Farms Program in Albany, New York. This event…
The Myriad Health & Safety Risks for Cannabis Workers

The Myriad Health & Safety Risks for Cannabis Workers

Oct 25, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In the remote forests of the far northwestern corner of California, dubbed the Emerald Triangle, the cannabis trimming season is underway. From September to December, migrant farmworkers from…