Community Health

‘Terrified’ Kids’ Long-Held Concerns About Dentist Surface After Viral Video Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

‘Terrified’ Kids’ Long-Held Concerns About Dentist Surface After Viral Video

Dr. Andrew Choy is one of few pediatric dentists in the Hilo area accepting Medicaid. Parents who say he’s traumatized their kids now drive four hours round trip to visit someone else.

Doctor Accused Of Fertility Fraud. In Hawaiʻi, No Law Prevents It Civil Beat Illustration/April Estrellon/2026

Doctor Accused Of Fertility Fraud. In Hawaiʻi, No Law Prevents It

The allegations expose a lack of accountability mechanisms in this state for doctors who use their sperm to artificially inseminate unwitting fertility patients. 

Hawaiʻi Balks At Funding Maui Fire Victim Health Study

Hawaiʻi Balks At Funding Maui Fire Victim Health Study

Lawmakers did not pass a bill that would have funded the continuation of the most comprehensive study of the long-term health effects of the wildfires.

Billionaire’s Private Airline Prepares New Moloka‘i Route Marina Riker/Civil Beat/2023

Billionaire’s Private Airline Prepares New Moloka‘i Route

Lānaʻi Air was formed to fly guests in style to Larry Ellison’s luxury resorts. Now the company wants to help close the gulf in access to off-island doctors for Moloka‘i residents amid a shortage of air travel options.

Maui AIDS Foundation At Risk Of Losing Money In Trump Budget Erin Nolan/Civil Beat/2026

Maui AIDS Foundation At Risk Of Losing Money In Trump Budget

The president’s budget denounced the nonprofit as radical while proposing the funding cuts.

Conservative Activists Take Aim At Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Conservative Activists Take Aim At Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship

A new lawsuit filed by a legal advocacy nonprofit says a 35-year-old federal scholarship program that brought Native Hawaiian doctors to the islands is unconstitutional.

Toxic Mud? North Shore Flooding Likely Diluted Pesticide Risk Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Toxic Mud? North Shore Flooding Likely Diluted Pesticide Risk

Residents are worried the mess they are wading through is contaminated by chemicals sprayed on farms upstream. Test results are pending.

Maui Mental Health Providers Face Stress And Uncertainty About State Jobs Sean Hower/Civil Beat/2026

Maui Mental Health Providers Face Stress And Uncertainty About State Jobs

Staff at a state-run clinic serving wildfire survivors in Hawai‘i have waited months for permanent jobs. Instead, they got another temporary contract.

Low-Income Hawaiʻi Patients And Their Doctors Face A Financial Cliff AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Low-Income Hawaiʻi Patients And Their Doctors Face A Financial Cliff

A senior Hawaiʻi health care leader says issues with government reimbursements are leading to “a state of non-viability” for the state’s entire health care system.

North Shore Flood Will Add A Month’s Worth Of Debris To Landfill Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

North Shore Flood Will Add A Month’s Worth Of Debris To Landfill

The city has limited options when it comes to disposing tons of refuse from the flash floods that roared through the North Shore last month.