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Wastewater Data Confirms Decrease In Covid-19 Cases In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Wastewater Data Confirms Decrease In Covid-19 Cases In Hawaii

The wastewater report will be posted every two weeks on the Hawaii Department of Health’s Covid-19 website.

Kaiser Mental Health Workers Not Backing Down From Demands For Better Patient Care Courtesy: Haley Showell/2022

Kaiser Mental Health Workers Not Backing Down From Demands For Better Patient Care

The union and health care provider will try to meet again next week to negotiate an agreement.

Inclusion Of Covid-19 Reinfections Boosts Hawaii’s Weekly Case Count Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Inclusion Of Covid-19 Reinfections Boosts Hawaii’s Weekly Case Count

The state health department began reporting reinfections as separate cases, saying they used to be rare but have become more common.

Hawaii Has A Shortage Of School Psychologists. National Research Says That’s A Problem Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Has A Shortage Of School Psychologists. National Research Says That’s A Problem

Students in Hawaii were struggling with mental health challenges long before the pandemic, but the state has few school psychologists to help address their needs.

VA Doctors Have Legal Protection To Perform Abortions, Secretary Says Screenshot/2022

VA Doctors Have Legal Protection To Perform Abortions, Secretary Says

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough testified during a Senate hearing that the DOJ has issued an opinion saying that doctors at the veterans’ facilities are still able to perform abortions.

Honolulu Ambulance Fire Likely Caused By Oxygen Explosion, Officials Say Hawaii News Now/2022

Honolulu Ambulance Fire Likely Caused By Oxygen Explosion, Officials Say

Investigators believe a spark ignited when the paramedics were transferring the oxygen line from a unit inside the ambulance to a portable oxygen cylinder.

Hawaiian Airlines’ Vaccine Mandate Rollback Heralds Return To Normality Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaiian Airlines’ Vaccine Mandate Rollback Heralds Return To Normality

The state’s largest private employer has lifted its Covid-19 vaccination requirement for more than 7,000 workers.

Hawaii Steps Up Efforts To Track Monkeypox Cases CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith

Hawaii Steps Up Efforts To Track Monkeypox Cases

A new dashboard will log confirmed cases and vaccination rates

Why Is Nomi Health Donating To Key Democrats In Blue State Hawaii After Giving Big To GOP? Iki Chan Wylie for USA TODAY

Why Is Nomi Health Donating To Key Democrats In Blue State Hawaii After Giving Big To GOP?

The Utah-based company contributed to the campaigns of six Democrats in Hawaii, including Josh Green and Sylvia Luke, the Democratic nominees for governor and lieutenant governor.

How Homeless People Have Weathered The Pandemic In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

How Homeless People Have Weathered The Pandemic In Hawaii

Data collected from Hawaii and several other states shows that Covid-19 spread more slowly among homeless people compared with the general population.