California's health care system has more Filipino American nurses than anywhere else in the country. They're populating the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19.

Filipino nurses were some of health care's heroes during the pandemic, but their health and heritage is often looked over. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

When nurse Jonathan Manglinong moved to Goulburn on the NSW-ACT border, he saw the need for Filipino goods in the area.

Nurses were once criticized for leaving the Philippines. But in the 1970s the country began promoting the export of caregivers and other Filipino workers whose remittances lifted the economy.

Many Filipino nurses feel a strong sense of group loyalty, or the importance of putting the welfare of the group over that of the individual; in Tagalog, the word is pakikisama.

About one in 20 registered nurses in the U.S. are Filipinos. And nursing is more than just an occupational niche for them. The history of Filipino nurses goes back to the U.S. colonizing the ...

The relationship between the United States and Filipino nurses extends back to 1898, when the Philippines became a U.S. colony. Soon after, the Army began to recruit Filipinos as nurses.

Filipino nurses make up 4.5% of the nursing population but account for 25% of COVID deaths. "A number of us are able to stay at home, we are able to shelter in place and work at home.

Filipino nurses make up 4.5% of the nursing population but account for 25% of COVID deaths. "A number of us are able to stay at home, we are able to shelter in place and work at home.