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Happy Friday! Before you head out the door (or, for those working from home, before you wander from the living room to the kitchen) for your three-day weekend, how about reading some news on health justice? Here are five pieces from MCN staff that we found interesting this week – plus a triple weekly win to celebrate the good news that’s out there, and a bonus resource. Robert... Read More
It’s the end of August! Before you head into the weekend, take a look at these five pieces that MCN staff shared this week. And, of course, one Weekly Win to end the list, to celebrate the positive outcomes of the efforts of our larger network. Have a Weekly Win from your community to share? We’d love to hear about it. Email your recommendation to Claire at cseda@migrantclinician.org. ... Read More
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the ban of the use of chlorpyrifos on food crops. Migrant Clinicians Network celebrates the long-overdue ban of this dangerous neurotoxin as a step to protect the health of farmworker and rural children across the country.“Thousands of farmworkers and children, including those who just live near fields, will have the opportunity to... Read More
This Friday staff have shared some serious updates in the world of COVID-19 as well as an outstanding win that MCN staff and others have been working towards for years. The future looks grim, as a new study shared with us by Kaethe highlights projected deaths across the US caused by the Delta Variant of COVID-19. Read more here: Changing Dynamics of COVID-19 in the U.S. with the Emergence of... Read More
No climate activist enjoys IPCC report-release days. The reports are always stark. The International Panel on Climate Change, the group tasked by the UN to assess climate change progression, has this time declared in its newest report that the entire human race must immediately and rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the largest scale possible, in order to prevent the "worst case... Read More
By Jillian Hopewell [Editor’s Note: COVID-19 has exposed the dangerous working conditions, low wages, and lack of worker protection that agricultural workers have endured for decades. In part because of these conditions, agricultural workers have been at a higher risk of COVID-19. These same agricultural workers experience many additional concerning social determinants of health as a result... Read More
Terrifying heat fueled by the climate disaster, the spread of COVID-19 variants, smoke spreading across the US from megafires hundreds of miles away – these terrible events don’t just endanger our health; they expose underlying inequities that increase health risks for certain people. Immigrants, migrants, and asylum seekers already encounter significant barriers to essential basic care. As... Read More
By Robert KinnairdAs COVID-19 primarily spreads through the air, workplaces with poor ventilation are among the most endangered by the virus. To address the problems poor ventilation can create, even beyond the current pandemic, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) has created a checklist in partnership with the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM) that workers... Read More
The heat of summer continues. Many farmworkers are starting their days hours before the rest of us rise, to avoid the hottest hours of the day. Their hard work is bringing us our summer favorites. Our recently updated Heat Stress page includes our Clinicians’ Guide to Heat-Related Illness -- be sure to check it out. And now on to Five on Friday, where we offer up five articles that we shared... Read More
Alma Galván, MCH, MCN’s Senior Program Manager; Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, Eva Galvez, MD, from MCN’s Board of Directors; Mily Treviño-Sauceda, Executive Director of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Inc.; and Amy Liebman, MPA, MCN’s Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, at PACT 2021.Last week, when Migrant Clinicians Network’s Alma Galván, MCH, provided the... Read More
