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Zika in Puerto Rico: The Threat After Maria -- New Video

Jul 26, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Almost a year ago, Hurricane Maria changed the lives of Puerto Ricans, ripping through their homes, levelling their fields, damaging major infrastructure for months to come. Since the moment the…
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Maria, Two Months Old, Had Congenital Zika. Should She Stay on the Immunization Schedule?

Aug 30, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Maria* is a two-month-old patient at a Federally Qualified Health Center in Puerto Rico. It’s time for her two-month vaccinations -- but her doctor is hesitant. Maria had congenital Zika, which…
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What about DEET? MCN’s ECHO Learning Collaborative for CHWs Tackles Common Concerns

Jun 21, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
A promotora de salud heads out to a banana finca in central Puerto Rico to give education on mosquito-borne illnesses. The agricultural workers there appreciate the basic information on Zika,…
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Mosquito Season: Making the Critical Diagnosis

May 24, 2017
By: Brenda Ramirez
By Ed Zuroweste, MD, Co-Chief Medical Officer, Migrant Clinicians NetworkA patient arrives at your office with high fever, joint and muscle pain, and a headache. He is a 54-year-old agricultural…
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In the Field: MCN's Week in Puerto Rico

Apr 13, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN’s Alma Galván, MHC, Senior Program Manager of Environmental and Occupational Health and Deliana Garcia, Director of International Relations, Research, and Development headed to Puerto…
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Why does the WHO think Zika’s no longer a global health emergency, while it’s still spreading?

Nov 30, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Monday, Texas health authorities reported its first case of locally transmitted Zika. Just 10 days earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) topped the public health news feeds with its…
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Thanksgiving week -- early edition

Nov 23, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant health justice has never been more relevant, more salient, or more urgent. On this Thanksgiving week, we send our deep gratitude to the millions of farmworkers who migrate every few weeks…
mcn Mosquitoes — and diseases like Zika — flourish when economies tank

Mosquitoes — and diseases like Zika — flourish when economies tank

Nov 1, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Is there a link between a bad economy and the proliferation of infectious disease? Of course, we all recognize that governments reel back public health spending during economic slumps -- but is…
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Five on Friday | October 21, 2016

Oct 21, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The final days of harvest have arrived for much of the country. In North Dakota, farmworkers are struggling to pull out the sugar beet harvest amid heavy and unseasonable rainfall. Apple harvest…
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MCN and Puerto Rico Primary Care Association Launch Zika ECHO Clinic

Sep 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, over 40 Puerto Rican nurses, promotores de salud, and other health care providers and advocates logged on to virtually participate in Zika ECHO Clinic: Puerto Rico, a new ECHO project…
MCN In the Field - Ed Zuroweste Presents on Zika

In the Field: Ed Zuroweste Presents on Zika

Sep 6, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
A 35-year-old male from rural Puerto Rico presents in your office with nausea, vomiting, and a headache. What is your most likely diagnosis? Dr. Ed Zuroweste, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, offered…
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Five on Friday | September 02, 2016

Sep 2, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Labor Day Weekend caps off National Labor Rights Week, which coincided this year with the 50th anniversary of UFW’s march on the Texas Capitol. Thank you to the migrant laborers across the country…
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Five on Friday | August 26, 2016

Aug 26, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s back-to-school time! Two of our MCNers are away this week, dropping their children off at college for the first time. Many of us, however, still think of those full-grown college freshmen as…