Ebola

By Jay Ruiz The Filipino peacekeeper from Ebola-hit Liberia currently being monitored at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine is responding well to Malaria treatment. Once he recovers, he will returned to Caballo Island to complete...

By Doris Bigornia On the second day of a 21-day quarantine on Caballo Island, one of the Filipino peacekeepers who returned from Ebola-hit Liberia developed a fever. He also felt weak and experienced chills. The Health...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO – A group of Filipino nurses in South San Francisco are just a small fraction of the expected 100,000 nurses, in more than a dozen US states as well as other countries, which...

By Jeff Canoy “Finally, the heroes are home.” This message echoed in the halls of the Philippine Air Force Museum Wednesday, as relatives watched the video feed of the peacekeepers arriving in Manila from an 11-month...

SAN FRANCISCO – These nurses on strike have a message: they want health professionals across the country and around the world to stand together in solidarity so that they can efficiently treat future Ebola patients without...

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 31, 2014 PALO ALTO, Calif. – The Stanford doctor who is now being monitored for Ebola in the San Francisco Bay Area is being considered a hero by...

By Rommel Conclara, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 31, 2014 OAKLAND, Calif. – These nurses are taking a stand. The National Nurses Union says they will hold a strike with the message that they are not...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 30, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – California, the state with the largest number of Filipinos, has become the latest state to order a 21-day quarantine for travelers who...

By CNN OCT. 28, 2014 CNN – As states join federal authorities in taking steps to keep Ebola from spreading in the United States, there’s a growing political up-roar and growing confusion. The Centers for Disease...

By Don Tagala, North-America Bureau Oct. 27, 2014 NEW YORK – The mandatory quarantine in New York and New York airports for passengers coming from West Africa is in the center of controversy, with people asking:...