Vulnerable Populations News

COVID 19

*NEW* Vulnerable Populations at Greater Risk for COVID-19 National Nurse Led Consortium, April 21rst 2020

Growing Data Underscore that Communities of Color are Being Harder Hit by COVID-19 Kaiser Health News, April 21st, 2020

The Other COVID Risks: How Race, Income, ZIP Code Influence Who Lives Or Dies Kaiser Health News, April 2020

Agricultural Workers

*NEW* Migrant farmworkers, many covid-19 positive, move north from Florida to other states Washington Post, June 11, 2020

*NEW* The COVID-19 Outbreak and Food Production Workers: Who is at Risk? Kaiser Family Foundation, June 3, 2020

*NEW* Covid-19 is spreading among farmworkers, and it may get worse: Cases spike in America's tomato growing capital as farmworkers prepare to migrate up the Eastern Seaboard The Fern, June 2, 2020

*NEW* Doctors Without Borders helping farmworkers in Immokalee at high risk for COVID-19 NBC2, May 27, 2020

*NEW* Worker Shortage Concerns Loom in Immigrant-Heavy Meatpacking NBC South Florida Video, May 26, 2020

*NEW* Agriculture Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Labor CDC, May 2020

*NEW* Facing South Florida: Florida Farmworkers CBS Miami Video, May 31, 2020

Is protecting farmworkers a national security issue? Fresno-area farmers say yes Fresno Bee, April 18, 2020

Frontline Farmworkers Are Defenseless and Terrified Jacobin Magazine, April 20, 2020

GRANT: Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network USDA Grant Program Grants to initiate, expand, or sustain programs that provide behavioral health counseling, referral, and other forms of assistance for agricultural workers in crisis. Deadline: June 23, 2020

Meat and Poultry Packing Industry Interim Guidance CDC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Is protecting farmworkers a national security issue? Fresno-area farmers say yes Fresno Bee, April 18, 2020

Frontline Farmworkers Are Defenseless and Terrified Jacobin Magazine, April 20, 2020

Coronavirus Relief for Florida Farmworkers Farmworker Association of Florida

Essential or Expendable? Farmworkers Condemn Lack of Protection and Economic Help During Pandemic KCET

HRSA: Solicitation of Nominations for Membership to Serve on the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health Federal Register

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