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Hawaii Island Is Getting New Federal Funds To Tackle Health Care Shortages. Is It Enough? Hawaii Island Community Health

Hawaii Island Is Getting New Federal Funds To Tackle Health Care Shortages. Is It Enough?

Gov.-elect Josh Green also has pledged to address problems with accessing care, especially in rural areas.

Defamed Doula Wins $52,000 In Punitive Damages In Lactation Porn Case Screenshot

Defamed Doula Wins $52,000 In Punitive Damages In Lactation Porn Case

The jury found women went too far warning each other about Danny “The Doula” Gallagher’s promotion of lactation erotica.

Hawaii Drug Abuse Prevention Groups Focus On Combating Fentanyl Getty Images/iStockphoto

Hawaii Drug Abuse Prevention Groups Focus On Combating Fentanyl

With accidental overdoses and drug-related deaths rising in Hawaii, adolescents are the focus of law enforcement and prevention programs.

Man Who Promoted Erotic Maternity Photos Is Suing The Women Who Called Him ‘Creepy’ Screenshot

Man Who Promoted Erotic Maternity Photos Is Suing The Women Who Called Him ‘Creepy’

Danny Gallagher’s lawyer acknowledges he advised women on how to sell nude photos and videos on line but says he never coerced or groomed anyone, as defendants say.

Why This Hawaiian Island Has To Outsource Psychiatric Care Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Why This Hawaiian Island Has To Outsource Psychiatric Care

For the first time since 1990, the state agency that provides care to adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness has no staff on Lanai. The problem is a microcosm of a statewide mental health care crisis.

Breaking Point: Specialists, Broadband and the Fight for Health Equity in Rural America Mark Darrough/Carolina Public Press

Breaking Point: Specialists, Broadband and the Fight for Health Equity in Rural America

From mental and behavioral health to maternity care, specialists in rural areas of the United States are in short supply.

Hawaii Seeks To Ease Nursing Shortage By Expanding Training Capacity Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Seeks To Ease Nursing Shortage By Expanding Training Capacity

UH says it will be able to accept 230 more students into its statewide nursing programs after receiving $1.75 million in state funds.

Children As Young As 5 Can Now Get The New Covid Booster Shot Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Children As Young As 5 Can Now Get The New Covid Booster Shot

The Hawaii Department of Health is encouraging parents to schedule appointments for their children.

Abortion In Hawaii: Ige Orders Legal Safeguards For Women Traveling From Other States Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Abortion In Hawaii: Ige Orders Legal Safeguards For Women Traveling From Other States

Hawaii joins 15 other states in protecting women and medical providers from possible retaliation by states clamping down on the procedure following the overturn of Roe v. Wade.

Hawaii Veterans Say VA Bureaucracy Is Hampering Access To Health Care Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Veterans Say VA Bureaucracy Is Hampering Access To Health Care

The visiting Veterans Affairs secretary outlined plans for improvements, including hiring more nurses and expanding telehealth.