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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Film focused on Filipino-American nurses during COVID-19 to stop in D-FW ‘Nurse Unseen’ examines the contributions of Filipino nurses to U.S. health care. By Travis Pinson Special Contributor ...

Filipino Americans account for 4 percent of the nurses in the U.S. but about 25 percent of Covid-19 deaths among nurses. Some are leaving the profession, prioritizing family and feeling a sense of ...

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.

Jul. 21—TRAVERSE CITY — Munson Healthcare announced plans to hire up to 200 nurses from the Philippines over the next three years to help address critical staffing needs. Most of those new ...