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Doctors and insurance companies need to get past their differences and work together for all our sakes.

Hawaii health officials are on alert as Wuhan halts all public transportation to deal with the outbreak.

The Hilo Medical Center is recommending people take pinworm medicine as a precautionary measure if they accidentally eat slugs or snails.

A key feature of the proposed reforms includes diverting the mentally ill from ERs into outpatient and residential programs more tailored to their needs.

The young Big Island family is the third party since February 2019 to sue a restaurant over uncleaned produce that has caused the potentially fatal disease.

Doctors say Hawaii’s mandatory 20-day period is too long in some cases.

Legislators are drafting bills that include a flavor ban on e-cigarette liquids and a tax on vaping products.

Medicare docks hospitals on an annual basis for too many patients returning to the hospital within a month.

The Trump administration’s partial ban on vaping liquid pods is seen as a victory for the electronic smoking device industry because it won’t prohibit sales of menthol or tobacco flavored products.

Methamphetamine also was a factor in repeat hospitalizations.