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Religious Waivers Soar For Child Vaccines On Kauaʻi Getty Images/iStockphoto

Religious Waivers Soar For Child Vaccines On Kauaʻi

The low immunization rate at Kauaʻi schools is tied to a rise in easy-to-obtain religious waivers.

Hawaiʻi And Western States Issue Vaccine Guidance Ahead of CDC Meeting  AP

Hawaiʻi And Western States Issue Vaccine Guidance Ahead of CDC Meeting 

California, Oregon, Washington and Hawai‘i formed a health alliance earlier this month and published vaccine recommendations the day before a federal panel was set to take up the issue.

Maui Doctor Who Promoted Dubious Covid Treatments Joins RFK’s Vaccine Panel Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Maui Doctor Who Promoted Dubious Covid Treatments Joins RFK’s Vaccine Panel

The advisory committee makes recommendations to the CDC on what vaccines the American public should take each year.

Data Dive: Only 1 Hawaiʻi Hospital Got The Highest Federal Quality Ranking Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

Data Dive: Only 1 Hawaiʻi Hospital Got The Highest Federal Quality Ranking

The federal star rating for hospitals is designed to help patients and families make informed decisions about their health care.

Struggling And Lost On Oʻahu’s Streets, Woman Says Yes To Help Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Struggling And Lost On Oʻahu’s Streets, Woman Says Yes To Help

A psychiatrist set out to find a 33-year-old Hilo woman who battles homelessness and addiction after a failed medical intervention.

Hilo Family Fights To Bring A Missing Woman Home From Oʻahu’s Streets Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Hilo Family Fights To Bring A Missing Woman Home From Oʻahu’s Streets

A 33-year-old woman with mental struggles disappeared after she was medevaced from Hilo to The Queen’s Medical Center. Then she ended up on the unfamiliar streets of Honolulu.

Hawaiʻi Providers Fear RFK Jr. Could Roll Back Access To Abortion Pill Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaiʻi Providers Fear RFK Jr. Could Roll Back Access To Abortion Pill

Women in remote and rural parts of Hawaiʻi have long struggled to access abortion care.

Care Home Failures Are Common — And Rarely Tracked Over Time David Croxford/Civil Beat/2025

Care Home Failures Are Common — And Rarely Tracked Over Time

Officials estimate about 90% of adult residential care homes have issues each year, though most of them are minor. Fines for larger problems are rare.

Hawaiʻi Braces For Cuts That Could Strip Medicaid From Tens Of Thousands Special to Honolulu Civil Beat Ronen Zilberman

Hawaiʻi Braces For Cuts That Could Strip Medicaid From Tens Of Thousands

Community health clinics offer a window into how the state might be impacted by hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts expected in the coming years.