DOH: Be on alert for measles
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/03/07/hawaii-news/doh-be-on-alert-for-measles/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
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The Packed Hawaii State Hospital May Soon See A Surge In Patients From A Private Facility 0 Officials say they have been urgently trying to reduce the patient population after the killing of a nurse last year drew new attention to problems at the hospital.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/02/the-packed-hawaii-state-hospital-may-soon-see-a-surge-in-patients-from-a-private-facility-2/
Hawaii teens report persistent mental-health problems
Hawaii public school officials hope lawmakers will support their requests at the state Legislature for 20 full-time educational psychologists https://www.staradvertiser.com/2024/02/11/hawaii-news/hawaii-teens-report-persistent-mental-health-problems/
Clinical Labs of Hawaii loses contract with Kohala, Kona, Ka‘u hospitals
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/02/10/hawaii-news/clinical-labs-of-hawaii-loses-contract-with-kona-kau-hospitals/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Kona judge calls HMSA contracts ‘unconscionable’
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/02/06/hawaii-news/kona-judge-calls-hmsa-contracts-unconscionable/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
UH schools help battle ‘period poverty’
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/02/04/hawaii-news/uh-schools-help-battle-period-poverty/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
BISAC launches detox clinic: Inpatient facility is first of its kind in Hawaii County
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/01/30/hawaii-news/bisac-launches-detox-clinic-inpatient-facility-is-first-of-its-kind-in-hawaii-county/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
HPH, nurses prepare to bargain after historic strike at Kapi‘olani
A weeklong strike by hundreds of nurses at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children — the first in nearly...
Health care workers tout flu vaccines as cases expected to increase
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2024/01/20/hawaii-news/health-care-workers-tout-flu-vaccines-as-cases-expected-to-increase/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Flu infections outpace other respiratory diseases in fall/winter months
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/01/19/hawaii-news/flu-infections-outpace-other-respiratory-diseases-in-fall-winter-months/
DOH: First child flu death of the season occurred on Oahu
https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2024/01/17/hawaii-news/doh-first-child-flu-death-of-the-season-occurred-on-oahu/
Hawaii’s State Mental Hospital Has Long History of ‘Horrifying’ Problems 0 Doctors and mental health advocates have been calling for changes in how Hawaii cares for the mentally ill for generations.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/01/hawaiis-state-mental-hospital-has-long-history-of-horrifying-problems/
Dengue case reported on Oahu
HONOLULU — The state Department of Health said it has received a report of a travel-related case of dengue on...
Nearly 500 health professionals selected for loan forgiveness
The state’s new Hawaii Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program has selected the first 492 medical and health care professionals to...
MIT Researchers Discover New Antibiotics Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
MIT Researchers Discover New Antibiotics Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) In a groundbreaking development, MIT researchers harnessed the power of deep...
HELPING HUNDREDS OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS STAY IN HAWAIʻI
HONOLULU ̶ In the first round of the program, the state’s brand new Hawaiʻi Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program (HELP) is...
Oahu Hospitals Are Bolstering Security With High-Tech Gadgets And Additional Guards 0 The push to protect health care workers comes in response to an increase in violence at facilities around the county.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/12/oahu-hospitals-are-bolstering-security-with-high-tech-gadgets-and-additional-guards/
New IHS treatment center getting mentally ill, addicted homeless off the street
Since June 5 the first-of-its-kind facility to help homeless people in Hawaii with mental health and addiction issues has gotten...
Renovations to begin next year on old Hilo hospital
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/12/20/hawaii-news/renovations-to-begin-next-year-on-old-hilo-hospital/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaii’s first homeless ‘medical respite’ site closing as concept expands
After more than six months of housing and treating homeless patients discharged from Oahu hospitals, Hawaii’s first “medical respite” kauhale...
