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Pull out the popcorn -- Five on Friday is going to the movies! While not exactly full-length Hollywood blockbusters, we thought you’d enjoy some visual content for this week’s blog post highlighting health justice news that have been shared by MCN staff. Enjoy! Esther shared this hilarious and insightful Jon Oliver episode on misinformation among immigrant communities. Deliana shared... Read More
Names can be a complex thing for immigrant and migrant workers. These workers often must use a pseudonym in workplaces, as they may lack documentation to legally work in the United States using their birth name. While this process can lead to short-term benefits for workers, it can also create unexpected problems. Because of recent vaccine mandates which dictate that large companies with at least... Read More
Friday has finally arrived! Here are five resources & reads that MCN staff shared this week as we keep up with the world of health justice. We share tons more throughout the week on our Twitter and Facebook accounts – be sure to follow us there. You know about the loss of smell and taste, but have you ever heard of Covid Toes? Robert shared this article about painful foot lesions . ‘... Read More
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 were first evaluated in the ER by the hospitalist group of doctors including Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Medical Officer, and a hospitalist. He has been working... Read More
By Kathleen Rest, Executive Director of Union of Concerned Scientists[Editor’s Note: At the end of September, Kathleen Rest published this post on The Equation, the blog for the Union of Concerned Scientists. You can read the original article here. Almost every month, a new heat record is broken as the climate crisis deepens, and, almost every month, an outdoor worker dies on the job as a result... Read More
Here on Five on Friday, we try to share a diversity of resources from the many members of the MCN staff who share what they're finding useful. This week, Alma Galván shared three exceptional and useful videos this week -- but we can't have her hogging our Five on Friday. What to do? We've joined Alma's recommendations together into one recommendation, but we know you're not fooled. So, here it is... Read More
[Editor’s Note: This article comes from the Summer issue of Streamline, Migrant Clinicians Network’s in-print quarterly clinical publication. Subscribe to Streamline for free to get in-depth articles on emerging health issues and promising practices related to migrants, immigrants, and food and farm workers. The Summer issue included articles on heat stress, COVID-19 and occupational determinants... Read More
Friday is here again – time to have a look into MCN staff inboxes with this week’s edition of Five on Friday. Got news or resources to share? We love to hear about them. Share with us on Facebook or Twitter. Alma G. offered this useful new website which maps out data from a global survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices around COVID-19: www.covidbehaviors.orgKaethe shared a new KFF... Read More
[Editor’s Note: September is Suicide Prevention Month. This blog post is offered by Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness at MCN.]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 larger mental health crisis for youth, especially youth of... Read More
Happy Friday to you! It’s that time again: here are five pieces that were shared by MCN staff this week, including one that’s a double Weekly Win. Kaethe forwarded on this troubling article, which features numerous graphs illustrating the disparities in infection rates. The Pandemic Marks Another Grim Milestone: 1 in 500 Americans Have Died of COVID-19Amy shared a perspective piece, also... Read More
