Filipino nurses served family abroad while on the frontlines in America for decades, yet are often diminished by a stereotype. "They said all the Filipinos are nurses," Raquel Collanto explained.

PART ONE: Filipino nurses in America: The history vs. the stereotype The Filipino nurse in America is an immigrant nurse narrative not often noted in U.S. history.

More than a quarter of nurses who have died of COVID-19 and related complications in the U.S. are Filipino American. The ethnic group makes up just 4% of nurses in the country.

Out of all nurses of color who have died from COVID-19 in the U.S., Filipino nurses make up by far the largest share. "The conversation is only happening among the Filipino community.

Filipino American nurses are suffering disproportionately from COVID-19 Only 4% of nurses in the U.S. are of Filipino descent, yet they make up a third of COVID-19 nurse deaths. “Nightline ...

Nurses of Filipino descent make up 4% of the overall U.S. nursing population, yet in 2020 31.5% of nurses who died of COVID were Filipino.

Filipino nurses are the unsung backbone of the American healthcare system and have fought on the frontlines before, during and after the pandemic. In the 1980s HIV/AIDs epidemic, many American ...

Of all registered nurses who died of COVID, 21% were Filipino even though they only make up 4% of nurses. Gloria Lamela Beriones was born in the Philippines, but has called Houston home for decades.

Filipino Nurses and Health Care Workers Are Everywhere. Now, They’re Finally on Screen Too. A wave of new medical TV shows puts the spotlight on a long-overlooked community.