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Friday, August 27, 2021 |
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COVID Quackery: Medical Board Files Complaint Against Pang After Legislators Demand Firing
By News Release @ 6:34 AM :: 4086 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii feed stores seeing spike in Ivermectin sales--One Person Poisoned ....
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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 |
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DoH to Receive 500 Healthcare Surge Staff
By News Release @ 9:54 PM :: 2399 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... They are expected to work in Hawai‘i for eight weeks each ....
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Thursday, July 29, 2021 |
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UH Med School to Transfer 100 Employees to Queen's Hospital
By News Release @ 6:24 AM :: 2825 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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... A key component of this affiliation agreement is the creation of a combined physician group to be named The Queen’s University Medical Group (QUMG). ...
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Saturday, July 17, 2021 |
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Ethics: COVID Profiteering by DoH Employee
By News Release @ 9:50 PM :: 3043 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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... used his state computer and state email account to send an email to the Chief Executive Officer of a private health care facility in which he solicited the CEO to purchase personal protective equipment from a private company, M&W Suppliers ....
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 |
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Hawaii ranks 2nd healthiest state in US
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 3769 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... best and worst ranked states closely correlate with 2020 presidential election results ....
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Wednesday, May 5, 2021 |
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Best States for Nurses--Hawaii 39th
By Selected News Articles @ 10:53 PM :: 2807 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Hawaii ranks 48th for nursing salary when cost of living is factored in ....
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Thursday, April 29, 2021 |
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HB891: Proposed Taser Law Would Outlaw Common Medical Devices
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 3218 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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"...any portable device that is designed to discharge electric energy, charge, voltage, or current into the body...."
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 |
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Hawaii 2nd Best State for Children’s Health Care
By Selected News Articles @ 3:09 AM :: 3321 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... 2021’s Best & Worst States for Children’s Health Care ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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DCCA: Obamacare Enrollment Extended Again
By News Release @ 6:45 PM :: 3770 Views :: Health Care
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... extension of a Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for Marketplace coverage until August 15 ....
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 |
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Hawaii Nurses Pay #2 in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 3793 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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... the 11,260 Hawaii RNs annual mean salary is $104,830 ....
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Thursday, March 25, 2021 |
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Stimulus Bill Expands Access to Free or Low-Cost Healthcare Coverage for Hawaii Residents
By News Release @ 4:57 AM :: 2862 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... One provision provides a 100 percent COBRA subsidy for up to six months. Another provision increases the Premium Tax Credit, which will extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies to higher-income individuals ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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SB56 tax scare could have long-lasting effect
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:02 PM :: 2808 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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... it is doubtful any of Hawaii’s proposed tax increases this year will, if enacted, achieve the goal of increasing state revenues. More likely, they will further damage the economy and prompt even more of our family, friends and neighbors to move away ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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Doctors' Pay? Hawaii Ranks 47th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:04 PM :: 3637 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii has the 5th lowest Avg. Annual Wage for Physicians (adj for cost of living) ....
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Monday, March 22, 2021 |
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Doctors Tell State of Hawaii: ‘I’m leaving’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 AM :: 9575 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Taxes, COVID-19
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... There are few things more nonsensical than encouraging doctors to leave a state during a pandemic, but that is exactly what the Hawaii State Legislature is doing ....
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Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
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Former Hawaii doctor tells why he moved to the mainland
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:39 PM :: 6208 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... I have a 5,000-square-foot, five-bedroom house on half an acre with a view that stretches to a river, and that house costs me $539,000 ....
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Saturday, March 20, 2021 |
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How to worsen our doctor shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:15 AM :: 3144 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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... Hawaii is down by more than 1,000 physicians, with no prospect of the situation improving ....
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021 |
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Raising Hawaii taxes could worsen MD shortage
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:58 PM :: 3902 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... Lawmakers may impose the highest income tax in the nation on Hawaii residents making over $200,000, and this may be damaging to Hawaii's health system ....
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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VIDEO: Have Medical Professionals Been Forgotten Now That the Vaccine Has Arrived?
By Video @ 2:24 PM :: 3323 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... The oversized postcard measures eight by twelve feet long is now on display at Castle Medical Center ....
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Monday, March 8, 2021 |
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Nurses at Maui Health System Vote to Approve Contract
By News Release @ 1:22 PM :: 3555 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor, COVID-19
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... The contract rewards the risks taken and sacrifices made by these workers during the pandemic ....
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Friday, March 5, 2021 |
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How Many Deficiencies? 43 Hawaii Nursing Homes Ranked
By News Release @ 8:52 PM :: 2939 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Only 5 Hawaii Nursing Homes Score Better Than 'D' ....
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Thursday, March 4, 2021 |
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Hawaii Gives 1.18 million syringes to drug addicts
By News Release @ 10:20 PM :: 2892 Views :: Health Care, Drugs
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... And provided overdose prevention training and nasal naloxone to over 1,000 drug addicts ....
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Saturday, February 27, 2021 |
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Maui Nurses Tentative Contract
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 3390 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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... The registered nurses and other health care workers of Maui Health System reached a tentative contract agreement with MHS management just past 1:00 am HST Friday morning ....
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021 |
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Hawaii Youth Risk Behavior Survey--'Promising Trends'
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 3184 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Over 12,000 Hawai‘i students in grades 9 through 12 participated in the 2019 survey ....
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Saturday, February 6, 2021 |
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$510K Fine for Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home
By News Release @ 2:40 AM :: 3072 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, COVID-19
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... During a follow-up revisit of Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home on Jan. 6, 2021, inspectors found the facility to be in compliance, avoiding a mandatory termination of the facility on April 16, 2021 ....
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Saturday, January 30, 2021 |
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Lung Assn: Hawaii Legislators Score 'F' on Tobacco Control
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 2741 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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“...Because of COVID-19, we are all thinking more about lung health. Now is the time for lawmakers to act and take this opportunity to achieve lasting reductions in tobacco-related death and disease....”
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Sunday, January 24, 2021 |
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Legislature Begins Session with Drugs and Suicide
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:59 PM :: 3620 Views :: Health Care, Life, Drugs
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... Bill Tracking at the Legislature Begins ....
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021 |
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Hawaii Best-paying States for Nurses--But Still 8th Worst Housing Hours Worked
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 AM :: 3537 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... 33 Hours worked to afford median rent for nurses -- Hawaii ranks 43rd ....
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Monday, January 18, 2021 |
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Hawaii: Lifetime Cost of Smoking $2.9M
By Selected News Articles @ 2:53 AM :: 2995 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... potential monetary losses — including both the lifetime and annual cost of a cigarette pack per day, health care expenditures, income losses and other costs ....
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Saturday, January 9, 2021 |
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Sign up Here: Hospitals Start Vaccinating Age 75+
By News Release @ 4:55 AM :: 5572 Views :: Honolulu County, Maui County, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Maui Memorial and Adventist Health are not waiting for the DoH any more ....
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021 |
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Physician Workforce Assessment Project -- 50% Shortage in Many Specialties
By News Release @ 2:34 AM :: 3525 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... Statewide, the greatest specialty shortages by percentage are: Colorectal Surgery (65%), Pathology (64%), Pulmonology (63%), Infectious Disease (58%), Allergy/Immunology (55%), and Hematology/Oncology (44%) ....
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Monday, January 4, 2021 |
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2020: A Year in the Life of a Healthcare Worker
By Joni Kamiya @ 9:25 PM :: 2819 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... being at a facility with a positive worker sparked change for me ....
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
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Hawaii Joins Democrat States Proposing Changes to Obamacare
By News Release @ 11:48 PM :: 2443 Views :: Health Care
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... the group of commissioners detailed six immediate or critical policy recommendations and six longer-term recommendations for the Biden administration to consider ....
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Monday, December 21, 2020 |
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Congress Restores Medicaid for COFA Citizens after 24 Years
By Selected News Articles @ 10:05 PM :: 3713 Views :: Health Care
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... revising a drafting mistake in the 1996 welfare reform bill that barred the islanders from the program ....
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Sunday, December 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii: Obamacare Funnels Taxpayer Money To Cover Elective Abortions
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 AM :: 2949 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...in Hawaii every available Obamacare plan covers elective abortions....
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Saturday, December 12, 2020 |
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Obamacare Sign up Deadline December 15
By News Release @ 12:00 PM :: 2020 Views :: Health Care
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... Individual health insurance plans must be selected by December 15, 2020 to have coverage for 2021 ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Case Bill: Shift State COFA Costs to Federal Government
By News Release @ 8:05 PM :: 3343 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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... Compact Impact Fairness Act Aims At Growing Burden On States and Territories, Now $200 Million Annually for Hawai’i Alone, For Uncovered Services To Resident Migrants From The Marshall Islands, Palau and Micronesia ....
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 |
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Med-Quest RFP for Medicaid Plans
By News Release @ 5:43 PM :: 3201 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, COVID-19
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... for up to five health plans to ensure access and continuity of care for Medicaid beneficiaries ....
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 |
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Long Term Care: Hawaii Costs Soaring Faster
By News Release @ 2:35 PM :: 3474 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living, COVID-19
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... Increase in Long Term Care Costs in Hawaii Surpass National Trends; COVID-19 Pressures Future Costs ....
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Monday, November 16, 2020 |
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March of Dimes: Hawaii D+ for Premature Births
By News Release @ 9:08 PM :: 3678 Views :: Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...In Hawaii the preterm birth rate in 2019 was 10.6%, earning the state a "D+" grade. Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant mortality....
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Thursday, October 29, 2020 |
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Obamacare Marketplace Opens Nov 1
By News Release @ 11:00 AM :: 2588 Views :: Health Care
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... Federal Marketplace Open Enrollment Period Begins Nov. 1 and continues until Dec. 15 for Health Insurance Coverage to Begin January 2021 ....
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Saturday, October 24, 2020 |
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Prison for Natural Supplement Makers Behind Wave of Liver Damage, Death in Hawaii
By News Release @ 2:09 AM :: 3735 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...CDC identified 97 people with acute non-viral hepatitis in an outbreak that began in Hawaii—72 of whom reported exposure to an OxyElite Pro branded product....
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Thursday, October 22, 2020 |
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It’s Time to Review Your Medicare Coverage
By News Release @ 7:48 PM :: 2170 Views :: Health Care
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...Medicare’s annual Open Enrollment season is underway....
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii 2nd-Highest Young Adult Vaping Rate
By Selected News Articles @ 11:01 PM :: 3183 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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... A Growing Epidemic: States with the Highest Young Adult Vaping Rates ....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020 |
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Debunking Hawaii Pesticide Study
By Selected News Articles @ 11:30 PM :: 3613 Views :: Agriculture, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...‘Heavy’ pesticide exposure linked to cardiovascular disease? Flawed study raises ‘troubling’ questions about public health research....
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020 |
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Pearl City Lowest Percentage of Disabled Living in Poverty
By Selected News Articles @ 12:10 AM :: 2937 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2020’s Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities....
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Friday, September 25, 2020 |
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Hawaii Medicare Advantage Premium Drops 10.3% for 2021
By News Release @ 11:55 PM :: 3183 Views :: Health Care, Cost of Living
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...The average monthly Medicare Advantage premium changed from $63.86 in 2020 to $57.28 in 2021. This represents a -10.30 percent change in average premium....
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Friday, September 25, 2020 |
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Rep Gabbard backs H.R.6866, the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act
By News Release @ 7:27 AM :: 3064 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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...Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Joins Bill to Protect Americans’ Civil Liberties and Privacy During the Coronavirus Pandemic....
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Tuesday, September 15, 2020 |
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Hawaii Tops 2020 Scorecard on State Health System Performance
By News Release @ 12:09 AM :: 2802 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...National healthcare scorecard: Where does your state rank?....
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Monday, September 14, 2020 |
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Vaccinations: Hawaii Ranks 43rd
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 PM :: 3228 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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...even if we develop an effective vaccine to combat the pandemic, it will have a reduced impact if people don’t choose to get it....
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