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UH Gets $700K To Study Racism And Lung Cancer Cory Lum/Civil Beat

UH Gets $700K To Study Racism And Lung Cancer

The funding from the National Cancer Institute will help support a study of how structural racism contributes to lung cancer risk.

Hawaii Has Plenty Of Pregnancy Resource Centers That Offer Alternatives To Abortion Megan Tagami/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Has Plenty Of Pregnancy Resource Centers That Offer Alternatives To Abortion

But some doctors are concerned that the efforts will confuse and mislead women as they navigate a post-Roe world.

Oahu Water Chief Urges Navy To Drain Red Hill Fuel Tanks Faster Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Oahu Water Chief Urges Navy To Drain Red Hill Fuel Tanks Faster

Ernie Lau called the Navy’s target date of Dec. 31, 2024, to begin defueling its underground storage facility “unacceptable.”

State Rules Make It Harder To Open Dialysis Centers In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

State Rules Make It Harder To Open Dialysis Centers In Hawaii

More states are lifting or reforming regulations governing the opening of new dialysis facilities.

Covid-19 Vaccine Mistrust Is Spilling Over To Routine Childhood Shots In Hawaii Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Covid-19 Vaccine Mistrust Is Spilling Over To Routine Childhood Shots In Hawaii

A “perfect storm” of other factors has also contributed to dismal vaccination rates in schools, with implications for children’s health.

 

Why So Many Hawaii Nurses Want To Leave The Profession Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Why So Many Hawaii Nurses Want To Leave The Profession

A survey released last month found that 23% of the nurses who responded had considered quitting.

Why In-Home Dialysis Is Becoming A More Popular Option In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Why In-Home Dialysis Is Becoming A More Popular Option In Hawaii

The treatment can help eliminate exhausting commutes and relieve overcrowding at a growing number of dialysis centers in the state.

Hawaii Says All 5 Monkeypox Cases Are Linked CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith

Hawaii Says All 5 Monkeypox Cases Are Linked

The Department of Health declined to say how the five people contracted the virus, but said the overall public risk remains low.

Hawaii’s Governor Signs 3 Bills Supporting LGBTQ Community Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii’s Governor Signs 3 Bills Supporting LGBTQ Community

The legislation bars insurers from excluding gender affirming treatments from coverage and establishes a state commission on the status of LGBTQ people in Hawaii.

Sally Kaye: Abortion Options Remain On The Internet — For Now Getty Images/2016

Sally Kaye: Abortion Options Remain On The Internet — For Now

As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders abortion rights, Hawaii women can still buy medication to end pregnancy via online providers.