State officials say it will take $8.16 million, including $2 million in legal costs, to repair water leaks and get rid of mold that employees say is a health hazard.

Former employees testified that Emergency Services Director Jim Ireland practices favoritism and retaliation, which contributes to staff and ambulance shortages.

Some of those trapped in nursing homes were frail, others were simply abandoned.

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely to turn to traditional or cultural practices as a substitute for conventional medicine. Their health outcomes remain poor compared to white people.

Doctors were scarce before the Lahaina fire, which burned medical facilities, displaced health care workers and patients and heightened financial stress.

Bird flu has been found in dairy cows in 16 states and in more than 60 humans on the mainland so far this year.

The county has backpedaled on an agreement to be the guarantor on bonds authorized by the Legislature.

The number of average deficiencies in Hawaii nursing homes almost doubled between 2015 and 2023.

A new building was completed in 2021, but staff say rain has been seeping in ever since it opened.

California revoked Edward Hsu’s physical therapy license based on a Hawaii conviction. In Hawaii, both his physical therapy and acupuncture licenses remain in good standing.