A tourist visiting West Hawaii likely contracted the angiostrongyliasis disease by eating unwashed fresh produce and was the seventh person to be infected this year.

After the second case of a suspected vaping-related illness in the islands, the state health department is urging the public to stop vaping.

A new look at data from a historic study of elderly Japanese Americans points to a potential link between pesticide exposure and the development of cardiovascular disease.

A new UH study is looking at whether the program has led to an improved diet and reduced risk for cardiovascular disease among Native Hawaiian families.

Real-time data collection and a better economy could be behind a significant drop in Medicaid health insurance enrollment, but some health workers are concerned.

In rural areas, in particular, it can be hard to find alternatives for managing pain, as well as treatment for addiction.

The first respiratory illness appearing to be related to e-cigarette use has led a Hawaii minor to be hospitalized.

New research shows hula dancing is as strenuous as basketball and is particularly effective in preventing cardiovascular disease among Native Hawaiians.  

Public health students are taught about traditional practices in order to provide more effective health care in Native Hawaiian and other underserved communities.

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii’s first workforce assessment found vacancies at health care facilities for a wide variety of jobs from medical assistants to phlebotomists.

By the time the 2020 school year starts preschoolers, kindergarteners and seventh graders must receive an expanded set of vaccinations to prevent diseases and infections.

The free questionnaire from the Hawaii Opioid Initiative is part of a state opioid awareness campaign.