Health Care

Hawaii Has A Shortage Of School Psychologists. National Research Says That’s A Problem Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Has A Shortage Of School Psychologists. National Research Says That’s A Problem

Students in Hawaii were struggling with mental health challenges long before the pandemic, but the state has few school psychologists to help address their needs.

VA Doctors Have Legal Protection To Perform Abortions, Secretary Says Screenshot/2022

VA Doctors Have Legal Protection To Perform Abortions, Secretary Says

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough testified during a Senate hearing that the DOJ has issued an opinion saying that doctors at the veterans’ facilities are still able to perform abortions.

Honolulu Ambulance Fire Likely Caused By Oxygen Explosion, Officials Say Hawaii News Now/2022

Honolulu Ambulance Fire Likely Caused By Oxygen Explosion, Officials Say

Investigators believe a spark ignited when the paramedics were transferring the oxygen line from a unit inside the ambulance to a portable oxygen cylinder.

Hawaiian Airlines’ Vaccine Mandate Rollback Heralds Return To Normality Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaiian Airlines’ Vaccine Mandate Rollback Heralds Return To Normality

The state’s largest private employer has lifted its Covid-19 vaccination requirement for more than 7,000 workers.

Hawaii Steps Up Efforts To Track Monkeypox Cases CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith

Hawaii Steps Up Efforts To Track Monkeypox Cases

A new dashboard will log confirmed cases and vaccination rates

Why Is Nomi Health Donating To Key Democrats In Blue State Hawaii After Giving Big To GOP? Iki Chan Wylie for USA TODAY

Why Is Nomi Health Donating To Key Democrats In Blue State Hawaii After Giving Big To GOP?

The Utah-based company contributed to the campaigns of six Democrats in Hawaii, including Josh Green and Sylvia Luke, the Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor.

How Homeless People Have Weathered The Pandemic In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

How Homeless People Have Weathered The Pandemic In Hawaii

Data collected from Hawaii and several other states shows that Covid-19 spread more slowly among homeless people compared with the general population.

Many Pacific Islander Patients Have To Move To Get Life-Saving Access To Dialysis Carlo Domingo/Civil Beat/2022

Many Pacific Islander Patients Have To Move To Get Life-Saving Access To Dialysis

One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.

Registration For The New Covid Booster Shot Is Already Underway Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Registration For The New Covid Booster Shot Is Already Underway

After approval from the Food and Drug Administration and recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the bivalent booster is “trickling” into Hawaii.

A New Hawaii Abortion Guide Seeks To Address Gaps In Care Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

A New Hawaii Abortion Guide Seeks To Address Gaps In Care

Advocates hope the guide will help clear up confusion over access to abortions in the islands — where it remains legal — after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.