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Hawaii’s new pre-travel testing program allows visitors to forgo mandatory quarantine if they receive a negative COVID-19 test from an approved testing site before arrival. Lalaine Ignao has more details in this report....Read More

The Canadian government is vowing to expedite the processing of 50,000 spousal applications by the end of 2020, in an effort to clear the backlog due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rowena Papasin has this report....Read More

More than 2,700 incidents of hate-motivated crime and discrimination against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been reported since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Don Tagala tells us about this so-called “contagion of hate” and...

President Donald Trump keeps touting his successful coronavirus treatment while his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, continues to criticize the Republican incumbent for how he’s handled the pandemic and his own diagnosis. More in this report by...

Filipino nurses have been among frontline workers who have courageously treated COVID-19 patients despite risks to themselves and to their families. In this report by Bev Llorente, we hear from some of these nurses who shared...

In Los Angeles, the COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t stop a long-running Filipino American organization from hosting their annual event. This year the stars came out to put a spotlight on those serving the community, especially in a...

President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail today, but not before assuring Americans that he’s in tiptop shape, even claiming he’s now immune to COVID-19. With just three weeks to go before the Nov. 3...

Why have dozens of Filipino nurses succumbed to COVID-19 in New Jersey? A medical frontliner tells Balitang America it’s because Filipino nurses are more likely to accept higher-risk duties. One group has now organized a fundraiser...

President Donald Trump is urging the Food and Drug Administration to accelerate the agency’s review of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ antibody cocktail because he’s convinced it cured him of COVID-19. Media sources say the President is looking to...

A Fil-Am whose frontliner aunts died due to COVID-19 is speaking up after hearing President Donald Trump’s comments on his speedy recovery and his continued downplaying of the disease. She says while the president tells people...