nursing homes

New York’s Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, took some blame for the underreported COVID deaths in nursing homes in the state. While some Republicans are now calling for his removal from office, BA spoke with filipino nurses...

Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer pointed out that 13 of the health care workers at skilled nursing facilities were identified as Asian. While county statistics do not break down the Asian data by...

San Mateo County has reported 117 deaths due to COVID-19 and 13 of the total fatalities were Filipino. According to county data, nearly half of the Filipinos who tested positive and died from COVID-19 were associated...

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...

SALEM, MA — He’s only 19-years-old, but Filipino-American Ben Zimmerman has been working on the frontlines of the pandemic at a hospital in Salem, Massachusetts, taking care of hospice patients with COVID-19. He originally got the...

Nursing home residents account for 45% of COVID-19 deaths in the county LOS ANGELES — During their daily briefing, Los Angeles public health officials have broken down the infections and are finding some facilities and jobs...

LOS ANGELES — With more coronavirus testings being made available, the number of confirmed cases in LA County jumped by more than 50 percent in one day alone — reaching 1,200. Nine new deaths were reported,...

As health officials around the world scramble to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak, nursing senior care facilities have been listed as a high-risk area for the disease to spread, due to the residents’ age and health...

A number of Filipino caregivers in the San Francisco Bay Area are set to receive more than $637,000 dollars in back wages and fees for labor violations. The US Department of Labor released news today that...