State pilot program to help connect people with services on Oʻahu expected to begin later this month for Molokaʻi and in February for Lānaʻi.

Neighbor islands bear the brunt of the growing shortage, which contributes to uneven costs and poorer care.

Even before President Donald Trump took office, transgender patients in Hawaiʻi were struggling to get insurance to cover some treatments. Now it’s getting worse.

Scientists say the problem is the president and his health secretary are often doing just the opposite by relying on preliminary studies, fringe science or just hunches to make claims, cast doubt on proven treatments or even set policy. 

The ruling instructs the FDA to consider relevant evidence the agency allegedly disregarded. In the meantime, the restrictions remain in place.

Many employees who are on strike in Hawaiʻi, California and Oregon point to the lack of staffing as the primary reason they walked.

The low immunization rate at Kauaʻi schools is tied to a rise in easy-to-obtain religious waivers.

California, Oregon, Washington and Hawai‘i formed a health alliance earlier this month and published vaccine recommendations the day before a federal panel was set to take up the issue.

The advisory committee makes recommendations to the CDC on what vaccines the American public should take each year.

The federal star rating for hospitals is designed to help patients and families make informed decisions about their health care.