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The policy change is another about-face in the county’s Covid-19 prevention strategy as daily new infection counts stabilize.

Hawaii recorded 16 deaths on Thursday, the second-highest daily number since the pandemic began.

The three-year-old unit has been “slowly crumbling and dissolving,” its chief special investigator says in written testimony.

Michael W. Perry says it’s important that people hear other viewpoints. But is that good for Hawaii during a pandemic?

Gov. David Ige’s decision comes as the state’s seven-day average number of coronavirus cases plummeted 75%.

Designed to be stored outside the fridge for up to two years, the shot could be pivotal in vaccinating hard-to-reach populations, if researchers can find funding.

As officials try to persuade as many people as possible to get booster shots, some Hawaii residents are skipping the line to get fourth doses.

The former Honolulu managing director and two other defendants have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to misappropriate government funds.

Mayor Mike Victorino said he is fully vaccinated and boosted, and that his symptoms are mild.

Kalaupapa’s last living leprosy patients confront state-mandated social isolation policies that continue to prohibit visits by family and friends.