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Officials Urge Caution After Covid Cases Are Linked To Proms Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Officials Urge Caution After Covid Cases Are Linked To Proms

The Hawaii Department of Health confirmed several Covid and flu cases after high school proms on Oahu.

Lawmakers Fail To Expand Access To Assisted Suicide In Hawaii Flickr.com

Lawmakers Fail To Expand Access To Assisted Suicide In Hawaii

The House and the Senate could not agree on allowing APRNs and physician assistants to prescribe the lethal drug.

Ige Seeks To Persuade Japan That Hawaii Is Safe For Travel Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Ige Seeks To Persuade Japan That Hawaii Is Safe For Travel

The governor will travel to Japan next week to promote a return of visitors from Hawaii’s third-largest tourist market.

Lawmakers Pass Ban On Flavored E-Cigarettes Despite Intense Opposition Flickr/vaping360.com

Lawmakers Pass Ban On Flavored E-Cigarettes Despite Intense Opposition

Touted as an antidote to the youth vaping epidemic, the bill lost the support of advocates worried about a loophole in the ban.

Hawaii Plans To Destroy Expired Covid Tests That Cost $22.5M Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii Plans To Destroy Expired Covid Tests That Cost $22.5M

The state said the kits were bought for nursing homes and prisons in 2020 but were put in storage after the feds provided an easier-to-use version.

Drinking Water At 72 Hawaii Schools To Be Tested For Lead Submitted

Drinking Water At 72 Hawaii Schools To Be Tested For Lead

The water sampling will complete a process that began with more than 100 schools last year.

This Mental Health Team Hopes To Help Hawaii’s Farmers Help Themselves Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

This Mental Health Team Hopes To Help Hawaii’s Farmers Help Themselves

Professor Thao Le discusses the experiences of researchers at the University of Hawaii who have been canvassing the ranching and farming community to find the state of its mental health.

Hawaii Has Entered A New Phase Of Pandemic Response, Ige Says Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Has Entered A New Phase Of Pandemic Response, Ige Says

The state is transitioning away from emergency response mode, the governor said, despite a recent increase in Covid cases.

How The Decline In Lab Testing Is Complicating Efforts To Track Covid Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

How The Decline In Lab Testing Is Complicating Efforts To Track Covid

As the pandemic enters its third year, more people are taking at-home tests or none at all. But coronavirus cases are still rising.

Why This Wahiawa Nursing Home Will Close Its Doors In July Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Why This Wahiawa Nursing Home Will Close Its Doors In July

The staff of the Wahiawa Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will help about 60 residents find new homes, officials said.