Health Care

Hawaiʻi Providers Fear RFK Jr. Could Roll Back Access To Abortion Pill Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi Providers Fear RFK Jr. Could Roll Back Access To Abortion Pill

Women in remote and rural parts of Hawaiʻi have long struggled to access abortion care.

Care Home Failures Are Common — And Rarely Tracked Over Time David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Care Home Failures Are Common — And Rarely Tracked Over Time

Officials estimate about 90% of adult residential care homes have issues each year, though most of them are minor. Fines for larger problems are rare.

Hawaiʻi Braces For Cuts That Could Strip Medicaid From Tens Of Thousands Special to Honolulu Civil Beat Ronen Zilberman

Hawaiʻi Braces For Cuts That Could Strip Medicaid From Tens Of Thousands

Community health clinics offer a window into how the state might be impacted by hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts expected in the coming years.

Breast Cancer In Hawaiʻi: Some Women Are Diagnosed Too Late David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Breast Cancer In Hawaiʻi: Some Women Are Diagnosed Too Late

Micronesians are less likely to get mammograms than women overall in Hawaiʻi. Community advocates say public health officials need to break down barriers to early screening.

Judge Blocks Trump Health Funding Cuts For Hawaiʻi, Other States Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Judge Blocks Trump Health Funding Cuts For Hawaiʻi, Other States

Hawaiʻi could have lost more than $89 million for critical community health programs, the Attorney General’s Office said.

Adults Can Still Marry Teens At 15 After Death Of Proposed Ban In Hawaiʻi Getty Images

Adults Can Still Marry Teens At 15 After Death Of Proposed Ban In Hawaiʻi

Ninety Hawaiʻi residents under 18, most girls, got married in the last decade. State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura says marriage can be beneficial for young people. 

With Paramedics Spread Thin, Honolulu Dusts Off A Possible Solution Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

With Paramedics Spread Thin, Honolulu Dusts Off A Possible Solution

For years, understaffing and complaints of burnout at the city’s ambulance service have prompted discussion about merging it with the fire department.

Lāna‘i Loses The Island’s Only State Mental Health Counselor — Again Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

Lāna‘i Loses The Island’s Only State Mental Health Counselor — Again

Key mental health worker on Lānaʻi resigns, eroding in-person patient care and exposing the fragility of a system that depends so heavily on one worker.

Honolulu EMS Director On Track To Keep Job Despite Complaints About Management David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

Honolulu EMS Director On Track To Keep Job Despite Complaints About Management

An army of supporters, including the governor, rallied to help Jim Ireland advance after opponents blamed him for a toxic workplace and slow response times.