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Five on Friday: Barriers to Aid, Barriers to Care

Five on Friday: Barriers to Aid, Barriers to Care

Mar 15, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It is Friday again, and you know what that means! Five on Friday! Join us for a series of recommendations made by MCN staff and interns! Our partners, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers hosted an…
Five on Friday: Farmers, Workers, and Heat Stress

Five on Friday: Farmers, Workers, and Heat Stress

Feb 9, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’ve got another issue of Five on Friday ready for you! All five offerings were recommended by MCN staff this week. What type of impact has the Farm Bill had on Black farmers? It’s yet another…
Five on Friday: What MCN Staff Read, Watched, and Listened to in 2023

Five on Friday: What MCN Staff Read, Listened to, and Watched in 2023

Dec 15, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's the last edition of Five on Friday for the year! Migrant Clinicians Network offices will be closed for a winter break from December 22nd to January 2nd, and our blog, including Five on Friday…
Five on Friday: Aging Farmworkers and Retirement

Five on Friday: Aging Farmworkers and Retirement

Dec 8, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! Why not ease into a December weekend with five reads on health justice? These pieces are all recommended by MCN staff, including one Weekly Win. Robert sent in this Berkeley…
Five on Friday: New Report Highlights Contributions of Immigrants in the US

Five on Friday: New Report Highlights Contributions of Immigrants in the US

Dec 1, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
December has arrived, already! Whip up a hot cocoa, grab a blanket, and head to the couch with Five on Friday, your weekly rundown of health justice news that you may have missed. The news can…
Five on Friday: Farmworker Communities Tackling the Climate Crisis

Five on Friday: Farmworker Communities Tackling the Climate Crisis

Nov 17, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The week is coming to a close! It’s time to pull up five recommendations from MCN staff, including our “weekly win,” because we all need a little good news every week. Here they are. Five on Friday…
Five on Friday: Addressing Indoor Air Quality as Temperatures Rise

Five on Friday: Addressing Indoor Air Quality as Temperatures Rise

Nov 10, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday! Five on Friday is a compilation of new research, articles, resources, and more on health justice and migrant health that our MCN team recommends. Here’s this week’s edition: After a…
Five on Friday: New Campaign to Address Healthcare Worker Burnout

Five on Friday: New Campaign to Address Healthcare Worker Burnout

Nov 3, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday, at long last! Here are five pieces that Migrant Clinicians Network staff shared this week, that we wanted to share with you. Get vaccinated! Robert shared the update from the PBS…
Five on Friday: Worker Deaths on Small Farms Need to Be Investigated

Five on Friday: Worker Deaths on Small Farms Need to Be Investigated

Oct 27, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday – your weekly dose of health justice news and views, as recommended by MCN staff. So why not sit back, relax, and read? Grab a pumpkin-spiced beverage of your choice…
Five on Friday: The Impact of Disasters on Food Security

Five on Friday: The Impact of Disasters on Food Security

Oct 20, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has finally arrived! Here are five resources & reads that MCN staff shared this week as we keep up with the fast-moving world of health justice. We share lots more throughout the week on…
Five on Friday: Rural-Urban Disparities in Health Outcomes

Five on Friday: Rural-Urban Disparities in Health Outcomes

Oct 13, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday again! Here is our weekly rundown of recommended reads and more from MCN staff. Yesterday was Children’s Environmental Health Day! This AP news article reviews the health risks for…
Five on Friday: Fair Trade Month 2023

Five on Friday: Fair Trade Month 2023

Oct 6, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The climate crisis – layered on top of political instability, lack of economic opportunity, violence, often serving as a final straw – is pushing millions of small farmers in Central America deeper…
Five on Friday: International Translation Day 2023

Five on Friday: International Translation Day 2023

Sep 29, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Tomorrow is International Translation Day! The United Nations declared the day to “pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together,…
Five on Friday: The Impact of a 'Tripledemic'

Five on Friday: The Impact of a 'Tripledemic'

Sep 15, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Friday again! Here are five pieces selected by MCN staff to share with you. Pam forwarded this BMC Public Health open-access research piece. “When You Leave Your Country, This Is What You’…
Five on Friday: RSV Rising in Southeastern US

Five on Friday: RSV Rising in Southeastern US

Sep 8, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday! Here, we gather five pieces relevant to our work that MCN staff shared this week, including one weekly win. Kim shared this CNN article, featuring MCN partner…
Five on Friday: RSV Vaccine Approved for Pregnant People

Five on Friday: RSV Vaccine Approved for Pregnant People

Aug 25, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network has once again taken Five on Friday to new heights: introducing NotiViernes! Subscribe to our Spanish-language blog to receive notification when a new edition of Five on…
Five on Friday: Heart Health and COVID-19

Five on Friday: Heart Health and COVID-19

Aug 18, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another very busy week at MCN is wrapping up. Here, we share five articles that we shared with each other. Peek into MCN staff inboxes with this week’s edition of Five on Friday. Got news or…
Five on Friday: Wildfires and Outdoor Workers

Five on Friday: Wildfires and Outdoor Workers

Aug 11, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We made it to Friday! Here are five pieces that we here at MCN shared with each other. Heat was an ongoing theme again. Read up, stay cool, and see you next week! Amy shared a Crosscut article…
Five on Friday: A Dose of Good News

Five on Friday: A Dose of Good News

Aug 4, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's finally Friday! Throughout the week, we share news pieces, journal articles, podcasts, and more between each other, so we keep informed as we do our work in health justice. Here, we share a…
Five on Friday: More Support for Farmworkers

Five on Friday: More Support for Farmworkers

Jul 28, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Here are some of the articles recommended by MCN staff that maybe you haven’t yet seen this week -- and we hope you find them useful in your own work in health justice. Pull up hammock, grab your…
Five on Friday: Heat Protections for Workers

Five on Friday: Heat Protections for Workers

Jul 21, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We made it to the end of the week! Here are five recommended reads from MCN staff on this scorcher of a week, plus one weekly win. Stay cool this weekend! Lots of internal conversation and…
Five on Friday: Three Vaccines for Fall

Five on Friday: Three Vaccines for Fall

Jul 14, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday is here! Every week, we here at Migrant Clinicians Network share the ups and downs in the worlds of migrant health, health justice, and public health. Here, we gather the top five we wanted…
Five on Friday: BIPOC Mental Health Month 2023

Five on Friday: BIPOC Mental Health Month 2023

Jul 7, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
July is BIPOC Mental Health Month! Today we look at a series of links sent in by MCN staff members over the past week, including many pieces focused on the mental and physical health of workers of…
Five on Friday: Summer Reading Edition 2023

Five on Friday: Summer Reading Edition 2023

Jun 30, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As we ease into July, we wanted to offer up a special summer reading edition of Five on Friday, where our MCN staff spotlights the books we've recently read that moved us. So grab an iced coffee,…
Five on Friday: Protecting Workers in the Next Pandemic

Five on Friday: Protecting Workers in the Next Pandemic

Jun 23, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This was an immensely busy week in the world of health justice, and it was tough to select just five for this week’s edition of Five on Friday! Let’s get right to it: Claire shared a piece on…
Five on Friday: Children Working in Agriculture

Five on Friday: Children Working in Agriculture

Jun 16, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday is here again, and with it, five articles and resources from MCNers we’ve gathered through the week! This week: Child labor, mental health, and new laws that are likely to impact migrant…