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Coronavirus Chronicles

Coronavirus Chronicles: Updates on the Science for Clinicians and Advocates

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

The data on COVID-19 continue to amass, and our understanding of the disease and its impact on vulnerable populations like migrants has grown significantly since March. The news and updates have…

Take MCNâs 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Take MCN’s 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

ICE raids. Public charge. Rhetoric around immigration. In the last three years, clinicians who have taken MCN’s annual poll have confirmed that forces outside of the clinic interrupt health care…

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2019 Clinician Poll: Help us better serve and connect health centers serving immigrants and other underserved populations.

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

For the last two years, we have asked clinicians around the country if they had seen any changes in their migrant and immigrant patients’ perspectives on health access. Your responses have helped us…

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Recognizing One of Our Own - Seguridad en las Lecherías: Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

[Editor’s Note: This celebratory blog post comes to us from our colleagues at the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH). Please read the original post on the UMASH website.…

Streamline Winter 19

Social Determinants of Health, Disaster Preparation, and PRAPARE: Streamline's New Issue

January 16, 2019

[Editor’s Note: The new issue of Streamline is arriving in mailboxes around the country. This issue features an article about PRAPARE, as is discussed here, in addition to articles on mobile Mexican…

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Structural Differential: New England Journal of Medicine Features Maine Migrant Health

December 19, 2018

[photo by Earl Dotter]Today, the New England Journal of Medicine published “Structural Differential -- A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain,” the first in a series of case studies in social…

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New Study: Oral Health is One of Mobile Agricultural Workers’ “Greatest Unmet Health Needs”

November 21, 2018

By: Elaine Penn

By Ileana Maria Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPCH, CNC, Executive Director, Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and RefugeesOral health is one of the greatest unmet health needs of mobile…

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New Research: Dairy Farm Owners Mobilized to Reduce Hazards

Agricultural work continues to be one of the most dangerous professions in the country. Dairy, in particular, has relatively high injury and fatality rates. Exempted from most labor regulations and…

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Taking a Pulse: Clinician Poll on Migrant and Immigrant Patient Care

“I find that my patients are living under constant fear and stress. They express to me that they no longer feel safe or welcomed in their communities. Many families are becoming more isolated and…

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Combating Diabetes in Puerto Rico: Experts Join MCN’s Project ECHO

By: Alyssa Finley

Jessica, Leonardo and Cinthia. The Puerto RIco Diabetes team from PR Health Department This year, Migrant Clinicians Network’s ECHO series on diabetes has brought together dozens of health centers’…

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MCN's Institutional Review Board Welcomes New Member

January 25, 2018

Migrant Clinicians Network prides itself in filling in the gaps when it comes to migrant health. For almost two decades, MCN’s Institutional Review Board has stepped up to review and monitor…

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Top 4 Reasons To Drop Everything and Read the New Issue of Streamline Now

Streamline is here! And we’re convinced that you should share our slightly-over-the-top exuberance on the publication of the latest issue of our quarterly clinical publication. That’s because this…

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New Report: How Much Does it Cost to Have a Resident at a Community-Based Health Center?

Several years ago, to respond to the increasing need for primary care services after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, Congress authorized the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical…

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Five on Friday | July 15, 2016

Happy Friday to you! We’ve got the top five recommended reads from Migrant Clinicians Network staff, to send you off happily into your weekend. Karen, Chief Executive Officer, enjoyed Texas Monthly’s…

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Five on Friday | July 1, 2016

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit…

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Five on Friday | June 10, 2016

Each week, hundreds of new articles, blog posts, podcasts, and videos explore the worlds of migrants as they move around the world. Dozens focus specifically on the health needs of this growing and…

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Five on Friday | May 20, 2016

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…

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Five on Friday | May 6, 2016

It’s May! The hot months of summer are just around the corner, but in many parts of the country, the mild late spring days still prevail. That’s why May is National Bike Month -- a time to leave the…

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Five on Friday | April 8, 2016

As we roll into the weekend, we’d like to offer up some of the interesting news pieces that floated into our inboxes this week. What did you see this week? Let us know on Facebook and Twitter.1.…

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Wakeup Call: Climate Change and Public Health Report

[Editor’s note: This week is National Public Health Week. Climate change has long been recognized as a significant and emerging global public health threat. The Lancet’s 2009 Commission on Climate…

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Transnational Tuberculosis: Q&A with Dr. Cynthia Tschampl

Last week, a newly published paper indicated that over 2,800 people leave the United States with active tuberculosis (TB) each year, while only ten percent receive continuity of care services like…

New Research Indicates Need for Case Management for Mobile Tuberculosis Patients

By: Migrant Clinicians Network

AUSTIN, TX -- March 3, 2016 -- A new journal article released today revealed that an average of 2,827 people with active tuberculosis (TB) leave the United States each year, and only about ten…

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Five on Friday | February 26, 2016

February 26, 2016

Friday is once again tugging on our brains, luring us into the weekend… What are your plans for this weekend? Care to add a little bit of health justice reading into the mix? Here are a few…

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Visiting Scholar: Li Ling

February 18, 2016

This quarter, Migrant Clinicians Network is hosting Li Ling, PhD, a visiting scholar focused on migrant health policy and public health in her home country of China. Dr. Ling is enjoying a multi-…

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Chronic kidney disease of nontraditional cause: Emerging issue and call for your participation

November 19, 2015

In 2013, Migrant Clinicians Network created a working group in response to a growing concern throughout Mesoamerica: Why are young men coming into emergency rooms and clinics with cases of chronic…

Announcing: Streamline Autumn 2015

November 10, 2015

Our fall issue of Streamline, our quarterly clinical publication, is hot off the presses! Download the new issue and view dozens of back issues here. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the content, in…