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This Pitt alum got a humanitarian award from Farmworker Justice | University of Pittsburgh MCN's Amy K. Liebman was recognized in Pitt Magazine, for alumni of University of Pittsburgh, for receiving the Shelley Davis Humanitarian award.
Bird Flu is Racing Through Farms, But Northwest States are Rarely Testing Workers MCN's Amy K. Liebman shares the importance of a culturally informed, community health worker-centered public health approach to avian flu testing and screening in this InvestigateWest article: “You have to understand that the risk that a worker takes simply to be in this country to work is really significant, and their priority is to stay employed and work,” she said. “There’s a lot of fear around potentially losing their job."
Trump’s Proposed Mass Deportations Could ‘Decimate’ the US Food Supply MCN's Amy K. Liebman was quoted in this Grist article on the consequences of a proposed mass deportation.
Avian flu spreading in California raises pandemic threat for humans MCN's Amy K. Liebman shared the clinician’s role in identifying avian flu and the importance of testing in this Politico article.
Need to Go to the Hospital? Texas and Florida Want to Know Your Immigration Status MCN's Deliana Garcia is quoted in this Stateline article about the health impacts of asking for immigration status at a hospital.
Riñones: los campeones silenciosos de tu salud Jannette Nuñez and Roxana Pineda published an overview of kidney health in the newsletter of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad.
Salisbury Activist Receives National Humanitarian Award The Salisbury Independent announces that Amy Liebman has received the Shelley Davis Humanitarian Award, presented by Farmworker Justice as a part of the 24th Annual Legacy Awards.
Health Secretary Becerra Touts Extreme Heat Protections. Farmworkers Want More In this article from KFF Health News, Amy Liebman advocates for a shift in funding toward health care centers that serve farmworker populations.
Preventing the Next Pandemic Should Start with Protecting Farm Workers MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA, and Claire Seda published an opinion piece on centering the needs of dairy workers in the ongoing H5N1 outbreaks, on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Biden Admin Unveils First-Ever Heat Protections for Workers “The Biden administration is moving to protect the lives of workers,” said Amy Liebman in an interview with Grist when asked about the proposed rule on preventing heat injury and illness among US workers.
Junte de organizaciones para trabajar con comunidades ante el cambio climático. Marysel Pagán Santana and the Puerto Rico Office was included this article from Metro discussing our trainings and work to support farmworkers in Puerto Rico. This work is focused around climate resilience and disaster preparedness to improve and protect the health of rural Caribbean communities. Article is in Spanish.
Bird Flu Traces Emerge in Austin Sewage, Far from Dairy Farms. Deliana Garcia shared her concerns about the "patchwork of data" used to track Avian flu state by state with Bloomberg.
Biden' border policy is stranding climate migrants in extreme heat. Kim Nolte spoke with Grist, explaining that new executive orders focused on our southern border endanger migrants due to extreme heat and climate concerns.
“We fear that this policy will result in more deaths as desperate people are pushed further and further into remote and lethally hot areas to cross the border.” - Kim Nolte
As avian flu hops to cows and at least two humans, migrant farm workers are at risk. Amy Liebman centered migrant farm workers on dairy farms in her interview with the Guardian.
How bird flu puts workers on farms and in food processing plants at higher risk. "Worker health and safety is a public health issue, and it needs to be treated that way,” said MCN's Amy Liebman in this article from PBS News Hour.
How Poor Tracking of Bird Flu Leaves Dairy Workers at Risk. Amy Liebman was in the New York Times explaining how the threat of Avian Flu for dairy workers, and what organizations and community centers can do to help.
Farmworkers lack protections that could help stop spread of bird flu. Amy Liebman was interviewed by Politico, saying that “Worker health and safety is public health... We often fail to look at something like paid sick leave as a public health policy, but it really is.”
Kim Nolte, Caring for asylum seekers. Our CEO, Kim Nolte, was honored with an inclusion in the Time100 Most Influential People in Health! Our Health Network program was central to her inclusion, and TIME highlighted our work with asylum seekers in their article on Kim.
Farm worker shortages are already pervasive. What does that mean for the future of agriculture in Texas? Amy Liebman was interviewed for this article discussing the future of farm work and connected the worker shortage to the crisis of growing heat.
‘It smells bad’: the US farmworkers grappling with unsafe water at home from The Guardian features MCN's Laszlo Madaras sharing how heat can harm farmworkers.
Health care worker at Vista Community Clinic receives Health Justice Award from the San Diego Tribune covers the most recent winner of Migrant Clinicians Network's Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award.
Farmers in Crisis, Long Overlooked, Are Finally Getting Mental Health Support from Scientific America features MCN's Elizabeth Gonzalez Ibarra who works as part of a hotline partnership with Farm Aid.
Migrants in cities across the US may need medical care. It’s not that easy to find from AP features MCN's Deliana Garcia discussing the complexities of providing care to migrants, and the role Health Network plays.
Dairy Workers on Wisconsin’s Small Farms Are Dying. Many of Those Deaths Are Never Investigated from ProPublica features MCN's Amy Liebman discussing the importance of investigations from OSHA to prevent future workplace fatalities.
Child care has been silently crushing women farmers for generations. That may change soon from The 19th quotes MCN's Amy Liebman on the importance of accessible childcare for farmworker women.
Post COVID 101: All Healthcare Workers Need Healthcare from Insider NJ quotes MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD, on essential workers and health care coverage.
Farm Aid's Mental Health Hotline for Ag Workers is Now Available in Spanish from NHPR covers MCN's hotline.
¡Ayuda, Por Favor! A Hotline Service Wants To Help Stressed Out Spanish-Speaking Farmworkers from the LAist covers MCN's hotline with quotes from MCN's Elizabeth Gonzalez-Ibarra and Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH.
Farm Aid Provides Spanish-Language Hotline Support from Morning Ag Clips covers MCN's hotline with quotes from MCN's Renee AboAmshe, MHA, LPN, CHES, and information on hotline operator, MCN's Elizabeth Gonzalez-Ibarra.
Nurses Rally for Safe Staffing/Universal Healthcare NOW! from Work-Bites, features a radio interview with MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD on not learning lessons from COVID, disaster workers, and universal health care. Click "Bob5/8/B" for the segment featuring Dr. Zuroweste.
Workers Memorial Day ‘23: Black & Latino Deaths are Soaring; Uncle Sam is Spending $3.99 on Job Safety…, also from Work-Bites, quotes MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD on not learning lessons from COVID, disaster workers, and universal health care.
What a Deluged California Means for Farmworkers, from Axios, quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Beyond Qatar: Migrant Workers Are Exploited in America, Too, from Voice of America, quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Farm Aid Launches Spanish-Language Access Support, a press release, covers the work of MCN's Elizabeth Gonzalez-Ibarra and quotes MCN's Renée AboAmshe, MHA, LPN, CHES.
Undocumented Farmworkers Face Disaster Discrimination, from Axios, features MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
People Rally for Reproductive Rights a Month before Midterm Election, from the Chico Enterprise-Record, quotes MCN's Ashley-Michelle Papon.
Amid Pandemic Uncertainties, Latino Immigrants Put Trust in Their 'Promotoras', from National Geographic, quotes MCN's Alma Galván, MHC.
Why Aren’t Federal Agencies Enforcing Pesticide Rules That Protect Farmworkers? from Civil Eats, quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Most Farmworkers Speak Spanish, but Pesticide Safety Labels Are Often Only Printed in English, from Civil Eats, mentions Migrant Clinicians Network's efforts for language justice in pesticide labeling.
The Steep Decline in US Life Expectancy Raises Questions Most Politicians Want to Avoid, a commentary from Salon.com, quotes MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD.
White House: How About a COVID-19 Boost with That Flu Shot? from the Associated Press, quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
For Essential Workers Who Suffered through COVID, Monkeypox Is Déjà Vu All Over Again, from Salon.com, features MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD.
Health, Economic Disparities Continue to Affect Coronavirus Hot Spots, from the Washington Post, includes quotes from MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Disinformation Dampens Enthusiasm for COVID Vaccinations, from ChicoSol.com, mentions MCN's PhotoVoice project in the Butte County area and features quotes from MCN's Ashley-Michelle Papon.
MacKenzie Scott Has Donated More Than $12 Billion to Over 1200 Non-Profit Organizations, discusses Migrant Clinicians Network's $5 million gift from Scott and quotes MCN's Deliana Garcia.
Entidades apoyan el borrador del bosquejo del plan de cambio climático, pero piden enmiendas, from El Nuevo Dia, quotes MCN's Marysel Pagán Santana, MS, DrPH, on how Puerto Rico's climate change plans must incorporate issues of migration and the most vulnerable workers. (In Spanish.)
Mask Mandate Tossed as COVID Spikes Again: Unions Face "Chaos and Confusion" from Salon.com features MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD, on the continued vulnerability of frontline workers to COVID, when ventilation and other tools aren't sufficiently utilized.
People of Color More Likely to Be Harmed by Pesticides, Study Shows from The Hill highlights a study co-authored by MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
MacKenzie Scott Has Donated More Than $12 Billion. Here's Where Some of the Money Has Gone, from USA Today, features MCN as an example of a smaller organization who has received a donation, with a quote from MCN's Deliana Garcia.
Cancer Among Migrant & Seasonal Farmworkers, a research summary by MCN's Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM, MS, and Claire Hutkins Seda, reviews the large and growing body of evidence that migrant and seasonal farmworkers have a higher risk of cancer. Published in the Public Health Post.
Attorney General James Leads Coalition in Calling for Federal Heat Standards for Worker, a press release from the New York State Attorney General's office, features MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
What's Going On! Labor Monday, a radio segment on WBAI, Pacifica Radio in New York City, featured MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD.
"Overtime Pay and Farmworkers’ Pain" by MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD is an op-ed on the health perspective on overtime pay for farmworkers in New York State, published in the New York Daily News.
"Panel Addresses Risks Faced by Farmworkers: Heat, Pesticides, and Other Inequities," published on John Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future, features MCN's Marysel Pagán Santana, MS, DrPH, who presented on climate change's impacts on farmworkers in Puerto Rico.
"Why Farmworkers Need More Than New Laws for Protection From Heat-Related Illness," published in the Medical News & Perspectives of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), largely quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA, and leans on MCN's Clinician's Guide to Heat-Related Illness. DOI:10.1001/jama.2021.15454
"That Milk? Those Lemons and Tomatoes? Essential Workers Got Them To Us. Don't Forget Them," an editorial column in the Pioneer Press, quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
"Helping the Helpers: Helping the Witnesses of Trauma Move Into Empowered Awareness Through the Witness to Witness (W2W) Program," is an episode from the Therapy on the Cutting Edge podcast on the work of MCN's Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness.
“New Effort Combats Spread of Infectious Diseases, COVID Among Foreign-Born Workers in Poultry, Seafood Industries” quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
“Groups Tell 11th Circ. To Flip Roundup Cancer Link Ruling” mentions MCN's participation in an amicus brief in a recent lawsuit.
"On the Southern U.S. Border, Newly Arrived Migrants Receive Health Services," from the blog of Direct Relief, quotes MCN's Deliana Garcia, and mentions Health Network's efforts to provide pregnant asylum seekers with care after they are released from detention.
As Temperatures Rise, Farmworkers Ask for Federal Heat Safety Protections, a radio segment from PRI's The World, features MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA. The piece is also available as an article in The Week.
Trusted Voices are Key in Getting COVID-19 Vaccine to Underserved Delmarva Communities quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
'Our Super Bowl': Mobile COVID Vaccine Units Arrive on MD Shore, Opening Accessibility, from the Salisbury Times (Maryland), quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Undocumented Immigrants Sought Far Less Health Care After Trump Launched His Campaign, New Study Shows, from STAT News, quotes MCN's Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer.
'We're Very Grateful': For Some Farmworkers, US Work Visas Provide Opportunity for Vaccination from Illinois Newsroom features MCN's Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer.
Coronavirus Devastates California Farm Workers from Capitol Weekly mentions MCN's blog for information on farmworker health and safety.
Op-ed: Essential Farmworkers Deserve Pesticide Protections, from Environmental Health News, is co-written by MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
After Enduring 'Complete Hell' During the Pandemic, Food Workers Struggle to Get Vaccinated, published in Mother Jones and elsewhere and produced by the Food and Environment Reporting Network, quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Who is ‘essential’? Food and farm workers left in limbo in vaccine priorities, from Politico, features Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, and mentions MCN's Health Network.
Q&A: What PCPs need to know about COVID-19 vaccines, from Healio News, is co-authored by Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer.
Every State Needs Emergency Regulations to Protect Essential Food Workers, from STAT News, is written by MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
EPA Limits Enforcement of Pesticide Application Boundaries, from The Hill, quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
What New York Farmworkers Have Earned: Pay Them for Overtime, Despite What Farm Owners Have Said in Unfair Hearings, an opinion piece from the New York Daily News, quotes MCN's Ed Zuroweste, MD, Founding Medical Director.
EPA Faces Decision on Chemical Linked to Brain Damage in Children from The Hill quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Report Says Pandemic Exposed Conditions and Risk for Migrant Crab Pickers on the Eastern Shore from the Baltimore Sun quotes MCN's Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Who Gets the First COVID-19 Vaccines? The Answer is a Complex Tangle of Science and Ethics from the Union of Concerned Scientists' blog quotes MCN's Karen Mountain, MBA, MSN, RN, CEO, on the need to confront medicine's "tragic racist past."
How You Get Your Berries: Migrant Workers Who Fear Virus, but Toil On from the New York Times features MCN’s Amy K. Liebman.
As Summer Season Heats Up, Migrant Workers Confront Compounded Coronavirus Risks from the Huffington Post chronicles the clinicians featured on MCN’s June 2020 webinar on COVID-19, farmworkers, and clinicians.
Medical Troubles, Letter to the Editor in the New Yorker, was written by MCN’s Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, responding to the geographic stagnation of medical records.
Military jets salute workers on front line as more coronavirus cases and deaths are reported, from the Washington Post, features MCN’s Amy K. Liebman, MPA, on COVID-19.
'The distancing is non-existent': Seafood processing workers in Massachusetts speak out about unsafe working conditions amid coronavirus from Business Insider features MCN’s Ed Zuroweste, MD, Founding Medical Director.
I'm Worried About The Psychological Toll On Health Care Workers. They Need Help from WBUR/NPR features MCN’s Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness.
Migrant farmworkers feed America, and they’re at high risk for a coronavirus outbreak from Food & Environment Reporting Network features MCN’s Amy K. Liebman, MPA.
Pre-existing conditions and lack of sick leave and health insurance puts farm workers at increased coronavirus risk from The Counter features MCN’s Amy K. Liebman, MPA.