Friday has arrived! MCN staff had lots to share this week regarding the health of the vulnerable populations that we seek to help, including coal workers, trafficked women, and refugees.
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Amy shared the Frontline special on sharp rise of deadly advanced black lung disease among miners in Appalacia: “Coal’s Deadly Dust [2].”
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Karen recommended a TIME piece focused on sex trafficking in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota and Montana: “She Survived Sex Trafficking. Now She Wants to Show Other Women a Way Out. [3]”
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Claire shared the story of activists in Massachusetts that rallied to shut a coal plant down and turn it into a solar energy plant -- “and to help workers at the coal plant make the shift fairly. [4]”
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Alma recommended the new WHO European Region report on migration and health, which is succinctly subtitled, “No Public Health Without Refugee and Migrant Health. [5]”
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Marysel forwarded the CBS News article reporting on a study that found that “the federal government's response [6] to hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the mainland was faster and more ‘generous’ — in terms of resources and funds — than its assistance to Puerto Rico before and in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.”
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BONUS: Yes, a sixth recommendation that we simply couldn’t leave out! The New England Journal of Medicine released its second case study in social medicine, with a highly recommended audio interview with the author: “The Structural Violence of Hyperincarceration — A 44-Year-Old Man with Back Pain. [7]”
Have a safe and healthy weekend.
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