HOUSTON — Long before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Filipino nurses have played a big role as frontline healthcare workers. While it’s something they are deeply proud of, many Filipino nurses paid the ...

LOS ANGELES — Catherine Rubio had planned on retiring from a 30-year full-time nursing career in the second half of 2020. But shortly after stay-at-home orders were issued in Los Angeles County ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- With more than a third of U.S. adults fully vaccinated and outdoor mask mandates lifted, it's easy to forget all that was lost to COVID-19 in the last year. The nation's frontline ...

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Filipino and Filipino American nurses are dying from COVID-19 at disproportionately high rates, accounting for more than 30 percent of the 205 U.S. nurses who have died, though the group makes up just ...

New Filipino nurses place their hands on their chests during an oath-taking ceremony for new professional nurses at a 2010 convention in the Philippines. New Filipino nurses place their hands on their ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- There is an alarming statistic when it comes to COVID-19 death among nurses. Nearly a third of those who have died are of Filipino descent. Sixty-three-year-old Francis Dadis ...

THE launch of the first phase of a new study conducted by global leader in English language testing OET, in collaboration with the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA), aims to shed light on a hidden ...

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