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Laszlo Madaras and colleague in PPE

750 COVID-19 Patients Later, A One-Year Milestone

Feb 2, 2021
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Dr. Laszlo Madaras We have now lived through a sad anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in the US, which was reported on January 20th, 2020. Just two weeks later, the first week of February…
Presiden Biden giving a speech

President Biden's New Immigration Plan: Ambitious, Detailed, Hopeful

Jan 25, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
ByTimothy Dunn, Immigration Scholar and Professor of Sociology at Salisbury University brief overview of Biden’s really impressive immigration plan that he will be unveiling this week. The most…
Dr. Laszlo Madaras receives COVID-19 vaccination

Eyes Wide Open, and Hopeful: On Receiving the Second COVID-19 Vaccine Injection, From a Hospitalist on the Frontlines

Jan 20, 2021
By: Jannette Nuñez
By: Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH I write this after having received the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and anticipating the second injection of the same in a few hours. Some of my friends say I am…
Supporters of Kugel and Zuroweste Health Justice Award winner

"You Saved Lives": Celebrating the Kugel and Zuroweste Award Winner

Dec 9, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In a year defined by health inequities and limited health care access, the push for health justice remains crucial to Migrant Clinicians Network’s work. MCN’s Kugel and Zuroweste Health Justice…
Caroline Johnson, FNP

Caroline Johnson, Winner of MCN’s Inaugural Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award

Nov 30, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach In a year where the news has often ranged from difficult to grim, it is particularly important to celebrate the positive…
The Transgender Pride flag

Transgender Health and COVID-19

Nov 19, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach More than eight months after the Coronavirus first emerged in the public awareness as an impending health crisis,…
A cell phone showing the WHO facebook page

Helping Patients Stay Safe in an Age of Misinformation

Nov 18, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Gayle Thomas, MD, is concerned. She has learned that many of her patients, whom she serves as the medical director of the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program, believe that if they go to the…
A clinician in PPE talks with a patient

#HeroesOnTheFrontline: Finding Inspiration from Clinicians Around the World

Nov 11, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In hindsight, my transition to an advocate for health justice seemed somewhat predestined. I came of age during the latter stages of the AIDS epidemic, during a time when dial-up internet…
A CHW presents to workers

Capacity Building in Occupational Health: Ventanilla de Salud of San Bernardino, CA

Oct 28, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By:Graciela MolinaIn our community of San Bernardino, in the Inland Empire not far from Los Angeles, a significant percentage of workers harvest fruits and vegetables, and the majority of these…
A clinician with a child

Heroes on the Frontline: How to Support Clinicians in Times of Crisis

Oct 27, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
ByAshley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach, Migrant Clinicians Network In 2002, beloved children’s educator and entertainer Fred Rogers advised his followers to find…
Campesinos sin Fronteras

Building Capacity in Occupational Health: Campesinos Sin Fronteras and La Ventanilla de Salud de Yuma, AZ

Oct 21, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
ByRose Guerra, Betsabe Ruiz and Idolina CastroCampesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) is a non-profit organization with the mission to promote self-sustainability for agricultural workers and people with low…
The BHW 2020 banner

Celebrating Binational Health Week XX Virtually

Oct 19, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By L. Roxana Pineda, MPH, Coordinator of the Ventanilla de Salud at Mexican Consulate in Austin, Migrant Clinicians NetworkEarlier this month, Migrant Clinicians Network and the Ventanilla de Salud…
Farmworkers in the field with heavy smoke in the sky

New Article Explores Vaccine Hesitancy Among Mexican Males Ahead of COVID-19 Vaccine

Oct 14, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A health fair attendee receives an immunization at the Mexican Consulate in Austin, Texas. The COVID-19 vaccine may not be ready for initial distribution for many months, but health authorities…
Luis Retta, Health Network Associate, on a virtual call

Virtual DOT: When A TB Patient Travels Across China, Health Network Steps Up Care

Sep 30, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Health Network Associate Luis Retta can provide virtual DOT to migrating or traveling patients. Last year, Health Network Associate Luis Retta received a call from a nurse at a Pennsylvania…
Farmworker harvest strawberries

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…
Crabpickers working on the line

Crab Pickers Face Health Disparities in Maryland, Says New Report

Sep 25, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Every year, hundreds of migrant women make the arduous journey from their homes in Mexico to Maryland’s Eastern Shore to support our treasured crab industry – but in doing so, they put their…
A clinician protests against conditions in migrant detention

Position Statement: Medical Injustices and Human Rights Violations in Detention Must End

Sep 24, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A clinician protests the conditions in migrant detention facilities in Oregon. Credit: @Doctors4CampClosureLast week, a whistleblower complaint was filed describing medical procedures forced on…
Flags with NHS support messages

COVID-19, the Immigration Health Surcharge & the UK’s National Health Service

Aug 13, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the UK, access to free health care is considered a given for British-born residents - and this is largely the case. Thanks to the National Health Service (NHS), which was first established by…
A group of clinicians test woman for Covid-19

Dr. Zuroweste, TB Expert, Calls for Increase in Public Health Resources as COVID-19 Draws Resources Away from TB

Aug 6, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Tuberculosis kills over 1.5 million people, every year. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, TB experts are gravely concerned that the already unacceptable number of annual deaths from TB is going to…
Ed and Candace pose for photo with friend

Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award: Open for Nominations

Aug 5, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award recognizes a rising star clinician hard at work to achieve health justice, providing them with a one-time $1,000 award and national recognition through…
A woman watching a webinar on her laptop

Update from Witness to Witness: Pivoting to Virtual Peer Support for Clinicians Experiencing Moral Injury During Pandemic

Jul 28, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
  For decades, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, has explored how witnesses to violence are affected by that witnessing. Several years ago, Dr. Weingarten began to wonder how the helpers – like pro-bono…
Coronavirus Chronicles

Coronavirus Chronicles: Updates on the Science for Clinicians and Advocates

Jul 27, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The data on COVID-19 continue to amass, and our understanding of the disease and its impact on vulnerable populations like migrants has grown significantly since March. The news and updates have…
A clinician speaks with an elderly patient

Supporting Clinicians During Their Most Challenging Moments: Witness to Witness, by Dr. Laszlo Madaras

Jul 23, 2020
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH TS Eliot once wrote that April is the cruelest month, but I would put in a bid for July. While I have spent many happy summers on the shores of Maine and Cape Cod in…
Dr. Eula Bingham

Dr. Eula Bingham: Heroine for workers’ right to safe and healthy jobs

Jun 30, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Dr. Eula Bingham (2015). Credit: Maryam Jameel/Center for Public Integrity Written by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH, The Pump Handle Colleagues, former students, and advocates are sharing…
Dr. Laszlo Madaras with Mary Englerth

I Worked at the ER Treating COVID-19 Patients, Then My Daughter Got Sick: Frustrations and Unknowns by MCN's Laszlo Madaras

Jun 25, 2020
By: Jannette Nuñez
MCN's Dr. Laszlo Madaras (right) and a colleague wear PPE at their hospital in Pennsylvania. By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for the Migrant Clinicians Network My daughter woke…