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Growing Use Of Rapid Testing Provides A ‘Degree Of Safety’ As Hawaii Reopens Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Growing Use Of Rapid Testing Provides A ‘Degree Of Safety’ As Hawaii Reopens

COVID-19 tests are likely to remain part of life even as the overall pandemic situation stabilizes in the island state.

Maps Show Hawaii’s COVID-19 Vaccine Disparities By ZIP Code Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Maps Show Hawaii’s COVID-19 Vaccine Disparities By ZIP Code

New heat maps show how the state’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign is going at a granular geographic level.

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: It’s Time To Help Communities Help Themselves Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Trisha Kehaulani Watson: It’s Time To Help Communities Help Themselves

COVID-19 may have created unprecedented obstacles, but it would be unfortunate to not also see opportunity.

Most Of Hawaii’s Recent COVID-19 Cases Are From ‘Variants Of Concern’ Diagnostic Laboratory Services

Most Of Hawaii’s Recent COVID-19 Cases Are From ‘Variants Of Concern’

The vaccines currently on the market are still effective in protecting against more contagious variants, officials say.

Lee Cataluna: The Strange Ploy To Incentivize A Life-Saving Vaccine Tim Wright/Civil Beat

Lee Cataluna: The Strange Ploy To Incentivize A Life-Saving Vaccine

Not long ago, people were desperate to get a vaccine. Now, the state is having to come up with gifts to get the last hold-outs to do their part.

Hawaii Lifts Outdoor Mask Mandate, Resumes Permits For Surf Competitions Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat/2020

Hawaii Lifts Outdoor Mask Mandate, Resumes Permits For Surf Competitions

However, people must still wear masks when unable to social distance indoors, Gov. David Ige said.

Danny De Gracia: Let The People Get Paid To Stay Home. It’s Good For Us Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Danny De Gracia: Let The People Get Paid To Stay Home. It’s Good For Us

We need a Hawaii with fewer service jobs where people can be part of a digital economy, and where our homes become our new offices.

Gov. Ige, It’s Time To Let Vaxed People Fly Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Gov. Ige, It’s Time To Let Vaxed People Fly

Hawaii needs to move immediately to allow all fully vaccinated travelers to fly to the islands without restriction. It doesn’t matter where they got the shot.

COVID-19 Sniffing Dogs Show Promise With Patients In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

COVID-19 Sniffing Dogs Show Promise With Patients In Hawaii

A Labrador retriever named Tess is helping to detect patients with COVID-19 at The Queen’s Medical Center.

The FBI Is Probing A Hawaii Defense Contractor’s Donations To US Sen. Susan Collins Courtesy: Hawaii News Now

The FBI Is Probing A Hawaii Defense Contractor’s Donations To US Sen. Susan Collins

Martin Kao already faces criminal charges for defrauding a coronavirus relief aid program of millions of dollars.