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City expands homeless mental health/substance use response program across Oahu
HONOLULU (Island News) -- The City and County of Honolulu announced the launch of Mental Health 3 (MH-3), a joint program to assess the response needs of the homeless regarding mental health crises and substance use. MH-3 started as a pilot program and the city announced on Tuesday, Sept. 1,...
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'They can never be forgotten': Kalaupapa memorial moves one step closer to honoring the patients
KALAUPAPA, Hawai'i (Island News) -- For decades, Kalaupapa was a place where people with Hansen's disease were sent away from their families. Now, descendants are one step closer to a memorial honoring the thousands who lived and died there. “8,000 patients who lived, worked and lived there, despite their many...
KHON2
$2M grant expands youth mental health services on Hawaiʻi Island
A $2,088,560 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust will fund the creation of the first adolescent inpatient behavioral health unit on Hawaiʻi Island at Kona Community Hospital's Kalani Ola facility.
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Wilson Care Group celebrates 30 years of service in Hawaiʻi
For three decades, Wilson Care Group has been helping Hawaiʻi families navigate one of life’s most important responsibilities: making sure our kupuna are safe, comfortable and cared for with dignity. Celebrating 30 years this year, Wilson Homecare has provided care to thousands of Hawaiʻi families. While the company...
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Kauaʻi medical program keeps local talent home to serve their community
A University of Hawaiʻi medical program that targets the state’s physician shortage welcomed its fifth cohort of students last month. This was just weeks after celebrating its first graduating class in June, sending them off to their residency programs across the country before they eventually come home to serve the Garden Isle.
Honolulu Civil Beat
Severely Ill Prisoners Granted Early Release Are Left Stuck Behind Bars
This article by Ashley Mizuo first appeared on KFF Health News. ʻAIEA, Hawai‘i — Christian Alameda used a cane to push himself up out of bed in his cell at the Halawa Correctional Facility in Honolulu. He has been recovering in the prison’s medical infirmary since a January stroke left the right side of his body mostly paralyzed.
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Severely Ill Prisoners Granted Early Release Are Left Stuck Behind Bars
ʻAIEA, Hawai‘i — Christian Alameda used a cane to push himself up out of bed in his cell at the Halawa Correctional Facility in Honolulu. He has been recovering in the prison’s medical infirmary since a January stroke left the right side of his body mostly paralyzed.
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Arif Kamal։ Good News for Those Who Were Cheering on the ACS Hope Lodge in Honolulu From Afar
Arif Kamal, Chief Patient Officer of American Cancer Society and President of American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, shared on LinkedIn:. “If you were cheering on the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge in Honolulu from afar as community members and champions celebrated a Decade of Hope, Home, and Healing at the 2026 Hope Gala Hawaiʻi, then I’ve got good news for you.
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Gov Green Fast-Tracks Cesspool Cash And Land Power Shuffle In Honolulu
Gov. Josh Green signed off on a pair of environmental bills on Wednesday that tie a new cesspool conversion loan fund to a fresh co-management framework for the Department of Land and Natural Resources. The twin measures are pitched as a practical one-two punch, giving homeowners a cheaper way to finance upgrades while giving local groups clearer authority to help care for public lands and waters across Hawaiʻi.
Honolulu Civil Beat
Up To 5 Billion Gallons Of Water Wasted By The Navy Since Red Hill Crisis
Every day on Oʻahu, the U.S. Navy pumps an average of 1.7 million gallons of water from the Red Hill well, filters it, and dumps it in a nearby stream – effectively sending it to the ocean. Pump, filter, dump. Pump, filter, dump. Month after month. Year after...
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Jeanne Clisham of American Medical Response Hawaiʻi shares how life-saving efforts builds community readiness
HONOLULU (HI Now) - Every time someone steps up to learn CPR, AED use, or lifesaving first aid, they are not just gaining a skill, they are joining a chain of community care that can change an outcome in seconds. That is the heartbeat behind the work of Jeanne Clisham, Manager of Education and Training, Medical at AMR Hawaiʻi, where training is treated as a statewide mission.
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Young woman reunites with health care team that saved her 10 years ago
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A young woman recently reunited with the health care team that saved her life 10 years ago. Helena Hazelton,18, experienced a seizure when she was just seven years old on Kauai. She was playing and having fun when it happened. “I just felt this like terrible feeling...
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Navigating Medicare: Avoid costly mistakes and penalties
Honolulu (KHON2) – Turning 65 is a major milestone—and it’s also the time to start thinking about Medicare. According to Medicare Advantage and Supplement Consultant Mark Faildo of Premier Benefit Consultants, many people are unsure when to enroll, how to apply, and how to avoid costly mistakes.
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New cancer center for clinical trials in Hawaii unveiled
The University of Hawai'i Cancer Center has opened the Ho'ōla Early Phase Clinical Research Center, which will offer cutting-edge cancer treatments and clinical trials to Hawai'i residents, reducing the burden of out-of-state treatment costs.