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When it comes to Zika, Puerto Rico currently carries most of disease burden in the US. In December, the Caribbean island confirmed local transmission of the virus, the first in a US jurisdiction. At the end of April, the US’s first Zika-related death was announced in Puerto Rico, the patient dying from complications related to his infection. While we wait to hear of the first incident of mosquito... Read More
The weekend is here! In the Central Valley, MCN’s California Office is anticipating its first serious scorcher, with temperatures predicted to get around 106 Fahrenheit -- or higher. Before we head off to the creek to claim a shady spot, we’d like to offer our weekly rundown of news and insights from the world of migrant health, courtesy of MCN staff members. Kerry, Environmental and... Read More
Today is May 31st, our last opportunity to commemorate National Mental Health Awareness Month. This week, we launched our newly updated Behavioral Health webpage. The redesigned page features new sections like mourning and grief, familism, and acculturation, as well as sections dedicated to behavioral health concerns relating to climate change, refugees, unaccompanied immigrant minors, and... Read More
This week, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Karen Mountain, RN, MSN, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, joined Ricardo Garay, Health Network Manager, at the 2016 Conference for Agricultural Worker Health in Portland, Oregon, organized by the National Association of Community Health Centers. This year’s conference aimed to bring together migrant clinicians and health advocates to showcase innovation... Read More
[Editor’s Note: Be sure to register for our Spanish-language webinar on heat stress, offered tomorrow, Wednesday, May 25th: “Antes de los días de verano, aprenda cómo los Promotores de Salud pueden ayudar en prevenir enfermedades a causa del calor.” This webinar will also be presented in English on June 8th. Learn more about heat-related illness on our new heat-related illness webpage;... Read More
It’s been a busy week in the world of migrant health. Here are a few news pieces that caught the eye of MCN’s staff: Amy, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health: “Immigrants are an important part of the poultry labor force. Check out this new Oxfam report.”Candace,Specialist in Clinical Systems & Women’s Health, quoted from Audit: Children Working on North Carolina Tobacco... Read More
Today, as almost every day in the last few months, the Zika virus is dominating the news. The World Health Organization has warned that the virus may spread to Europe this summer. Meanwhile, the US senate continues to push a bill to finance $1.1 billion in public health spending to fight Zika here in the states. The news is also filled with personal stories, of pregnant women in the midst of... Read More
By Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, MCN and Claire Hutkins Seda, Writer and Editor, MCN[Editor’s note: We offer this blog post ahead of our May 25th webinar for Community Health Workers on heat stress: “Antes de los días de verano, aprenda cómo los Promotores de Salud pueden ayudar en prevenir enfermedades a causa del calor.” Register for the webinar... Read More
There’s a lot to learn from this week’s list of health justice news and notes, recommended by MCN staff. Which article did you like the best? Share it on Facebook and Twitter… and let us know you enjoyed it!Olivia, Health Network Associate, recommends NPR’s new podcast Embedded. This week’s episode covers the HIV epidemic in Austin, Indiana.Claire, Writer and Editor: “How many people were... Read More
This week, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPCH, CNC, Senior Advisor for Scientific and Strategic Planning and Ricardo Garay, Health Network Manager headed to Minneapolis for the intensive one-day 2016 Rural Health Equity Conference, hosted by the National Rural Health Association.In the late morning, Carlos Castañeda presented on “Achieving Health Equity for Rural LGBTQ... Read More
