health workers

Filipino health workers at a Burlingame, Calif. nursing facility are asking for better working conditions as the novel coronavirus spreads through their workplace. Rommel Conclara reports....Read More

CALIFORNIA — Over 5,100 were hospitalized in the past week due to COVID-19. As California emerges as one of the epicenters of the pandemic in the U.S., Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered indoor businesses to close across 19...

Among the hardest-hit sectors in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic are long-term care homes, with over 1,800 resident deaths and 7 staff deaths — including a Filipino personal support worker, or PSW. SEIU union president, Sharleen...

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VANCOUVER — Filipino Canadians gathered outside Mount Saint Joseph hospital and Little Mountain senior residence in East Vancouver to pay tribute to frontliners. Holding placards of thanks, they danced and saluted the health care workers for...

SAN JOSE, CA — For the second time in at least two weeks — the medical staff of regional medical center in San Jose, Calif. held a protest outside of the hospital. Regional Medical Center is...

While the global infections and deaths due to the highly contagious coronavirus continue to rise… there’s some glimmer of hope that the outbreak is slowing down in some countries thanks to their tough lockdown measures. While...

NEW YORK — “I stepped up to volunteer, simply because it’s my job. I’ve been an ICU and ER nurse for more than 20 years.” This is what superheroes look like today — without the regular...

QUEENS, NY — Across the nation, a glimmer of hope as nearly 20,000 patients have been able to recover from the disease. Among them is Fil-Am filmmaker Steven de Castro, who tested positive for COVID-19 on March...

HOUSTON, TX — Amid the coronavirus pandemic, health care workers are not only fighting to save their patients, but to also make sure they have enough personal protective equipment, or PPE’s. Hospitals, overwhelmed by the surge...