Big Island Residents Have A New Option To Treat Depression 0 A Waimea clinic has become the first to offer transcranial magnetic stimulation.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/03/big-island-residents-have-a-new-option-to-treat-depression/
Health
RECALLED ENOKI MUSHROOMS SOLD IN HAWAI‘I ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL LISTERIA CONTAMINATION
RECALLED ENOKI MUSHROOMS SOLD IN HAWAI‘I ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL LISTERIA CONTAMINATION Posted on Feb 27, 2023 in Newsroom HONOLULU, HI –...
Continuous coverage of Hawaii Medicaid ending
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/25/hawaii-news/continuous-coverage-of-hawaii-medicaid-ending/
Hawaii hospitals at full capacity even with drop in COVID patients
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/23/hawaii-news/isle-hospitals-at-full-capacity-even-with-drop-in-covid-patients/
New Kauai Drug Camp Treats At-Risk Teens Like Family — Not Patients 0 A scrappy grassroots group is finding success through a program that features strength conditioning, outdoor adventure and the healing power of forgiveness.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/02/new-kauai-drug-camp-treats-at-risk-teens-like-family-not-patients/
Green seeks funds for doctors
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/20/hawaii-news/green-seeks-funds-for-doctors/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Kaiser strike comes to an end: Mental health clinicians reach tentative agreement
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/19/hawaii-news/kaiser-strike-comes-to-an-end-mental-health-clinicians-reach-tentative-agreement/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
DOH REPORT FINDS HIGH RATES OF HEPATITIS B AND LIVER CANCER MORTALITY
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) recently released a report that found higher rates of hepatitis B virus...
Midwives Will Soon Need A License To Practice In Hawaii. Many Are Pushing Back 0 Regulators want to standardize practices, but some people fear mandatory licensure could hurt rural and Native Hawaiian communities.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/02/midwives-will-soon-need-a-license-to-practice-in-hawaii-many-are-pushing-back/
Many Hawaii schoolkids going without routine vaccinations
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/13/hawaii-news/many-hawaii-schoolkids-going-without-routine-vaccinations/
Hawaii sees first pediatric flu death since 2020
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/10/breaking-news/hawaii-records-first-pediatric-flu-death-since-2020/
Hawaii Is Short Medical Workers. Are Interstate Compacts The Solution? 2 A string of bills allowing the state to join different industry compacts will be heard in the Senate on Friday, with lawmakers hoping that their passage will expand medical access.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/02/hawaii-is-short-medical-workers-are-interstate-compacts-the-solution/
Empty shelves for kids’ medicines continue
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/06/hawaii-news/empty-shelves-for-kids-medicines-continue/
‘An incredible partnership’: School-Based Health Centers open in West Hawaii
https://www.westhawaiitoday.com/2023/02/06/hawaii-news/an-incredible-partnership-school-based-health-centers-open-in-west-hawaii/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_news
Hawaii researchers study potential treatment for rare breast cancer
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/05/hawaii-news/hawaii-researchers-study-potential-treatment-for-rare-breast-cancer/
University of Hawaii Cancer Center aims to restore clinical trials
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/02/04/hawaii-news/university-of-hawaii-cancer-center-aims-to-restore-clinical-trials/
Researchers Hope Hawaii Lawmakers Fund Cancer Research This Year 0 A new study would seek to get to the bottom of why Native Hawaiians, Filipinos and Pacific Islanders face high rates of many cancers.
The Legislature is facing a myriad of requests for funding during this year’s session, but researchers at the University of...
Kona Community Hospital seeks $20M for repairs
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/01/30/hawaii-news/kona-community-hospital-seeks-20m-for-repairs/
Hawaii Ordered An Acupuncturist To Stop Practicing. Three Years Later, He Still Was 0 Mike Hashimoto, an architect of the state’s regulation of acupuncture, asked the state to intervene in a billing dispute last year despite his agreement to not treat patients.
In early 2022, Mike Hashimoto made a complaint to the state agency in charge of regulating insurance that Geico had...
Hawaii Bill Aims To Make It Easier To Do Dialysis At Home 1 The bill is being pushed by a multinational company from Illinois that wants to sell products in Hawaii more cheaply.
A legislative proposal to change in a little-known provision of Hawaii’s health care regulations could make it cheaper and easier...
