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Friday, September 4, 2020 |
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Community Well-Being Index -- Hawaii #1
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 2992 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Sharecare and Boston University School of Public Health launch Community Well-Being Index....
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Saturday, August 29, 2020 |
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Ethics: DoH Employee Fined $25K for Running Private Business on State Time
By News Release @ 4:50 PM :: 4832 Views :: Ethics, Health Care, Labor, Small Business
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...DoH is too busy to respond to the State Auditor and too busy to organize contact tracing because they are working real estate deals on State time with the Board and Care home operators they regulate. And their union wants them to be paid to 'work' from home again....
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020 |
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States that suspended Certificate of Need laws saved lives--Hawaii is not one of them
By News Release @ 8:40 PM :: 3537 Views :: Health Care, COVID-19
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... Certificate of Need (CON) laws increase mortality rates for COVID-19 patients and others ....
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Friday, August 7, 2020 |
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Hawaii Lowest Physician Medicare Acceptance Rate in USA
By Selected News Articles @ 11:11 PM :: 3421 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...2020’s Best & Worst States for Health Care....
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Friday, July 17, 2020 |
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Facial Recognition Contractor Selected for Hawaii Airports
By News Release @ 5:45 AM :: 3913 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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... HDOT has selected NEC Corporation, NEC Corporation of America and their partner, Infrared Cameras Inc., to provide thermal temperature screening and facial imaging technology ....
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020 |
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Guam Ambulance Company Owners Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in Medicare Ambulance Fraud Scheme
By News Release @ 2:29 AM :: 3143 Views :: Ethics, Health Care
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...$10.8 million, one of the largest single Medicare ambulance fraud cases ever prosecuted by the Justice Department....
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Tuesday, June 30, 2020 |
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Hawaii Attorney General Sues E-Cigarette Giants JUUL and Altria
By News Release @ 5:03 PM :: 3430 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...The complaint alleges that, for a period of more than five years, the defendants misleadingly marketed JUUL e-cigarettes, intending to hook users on the product in the same manner used by tobacco companies in the marketing of cigarettes....
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Thursday, June 25, 2020 |
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The Separation of Powers Limitation on Hawaii’s Emergency Authority
By Robert Thomas @ 10:53 PM :: 3884 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, COVID-19
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...a hard look at the most important limitation on government power in an emergency, the statutory requirement that any emergency proclamation automatically terminates no later than sixty days after it is issued....
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Wednesday, June 10, 2020 |
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Lockdown victims include Hawaii healthcare providers
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:37 PM :: 3599 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, COVID-19
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...by mid-April, the same Convention Center that was poised to be converted into extra hospital facilities was instead turned into a phone bank facility to handle the influx of unemployment claims....
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020 |
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Veterans’ Health Administration Health Care System Leadership Change in Hawaii
By News Release @ 6:11 PM :: 2968 Views :: Health Care, Military
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...Dr. Robinson will oversee the delivery of health care to an estimated 129,000 Veterans, a $327.8 million annual operating budget, and over 1,400 employees....
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Saturday, May 30, 2020 |
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Med Quest Junks Plan to Cancel 38,000 Kaiser Policies
By News Release @ 4:49 AM :: 2914 Views :: Health Care
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...In Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Med-QUEST to Issue New Request for Proposal for Managed Care Organizations....
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Friday, May 29, 2020 |
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Report: HMSA Payment Plan Imposing Burdens On Providers, Hurting Patients
By News Release @ 4:35 AM :: 2957 Views :: Health Care
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...Survey Finds More Than Eight In Ten Primary Care Providers Would Not Recommend New Practitioner Come To Hawai’i As State Battles Physician Shortage Amid COVID-19 Crisis....
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020 |
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Public Hospitals: Hawaii Spends the Most, Gets Nearly the Least
By Selected News Articles @ 4:43 PM :: 3759 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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... Hawaii Ranks 45th for Public Hospital System Quality ....
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Sunday, May 17, 2020 |
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Hawaii Wastes Thousands of COVID Testing Opportunities Every Day
By Andrew Walden @ 12:13 AM :: 7425 Views :: Economy, Health Care, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Hawaii has a 5,000 test per day capacity, yet access to testing is restricted and day after day only a few hundred tests are performed....
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Monday, May 11, 2020 |
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2020 Hawaii: How Safe is Your Hospital?
By News Release @ 4:17 AM :: 3129 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii Hospitals Graded for overall performance in keeping patients safe from preventable harm and medical errors....
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Friday, May 8, 2020 |
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Hawaii Grade 'F' for Health Care Price Transparency Laws
By News Release @ 5:45 AM :: 2577 Views :: Health Care
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... The best, worst states for healthcare payment reform ....
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Monday, May 4, 2020 |
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Hawaii 3rd Worst State for Nurses
By Selected News Articles @ 1:43 PM :: 4006 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Labor
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...2020’s Best & Worst States for Nurses....
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Sunday, May 3, 2020 |
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VIDEO: Is Hawaii taxing healthcare to death?
By Grassroot Institute @ 8:00 PM :: 4558 Views :: Health Care, Taxes
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...Hawaii doesn't have enough doctors and other medical providers. Could Hawaii's tax system be a reason for the shortage?....
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 |
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Big Island Hospitals Re-open Elective Surgeries, Outpatient Services
By News Release @ 3:26 PM :: 4504 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, COVID-19
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...Clinics and outpatient services, such as imaging and rehabilitation services, were significantly reduced last month and elective procedures were ceased in order to limit the spread of COVID-19....
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Sunday, April 19, 2020 |
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Taxing Medical Practice to Death
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 4463 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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...Unless you like the idea of having doctors in rural areas being scarcer than toilet paper....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 |
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Maui Hospital Coverup? COVID-19 Cluster Developing Since Mid-March
By News Release @ 8:30 PM :: 7491 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, COVID-19
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...Health officials say the outbreak started in mid-March. But HNN learned top members within the emergency command weren’t privy to the information until Wednesday morning....
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 |
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Remove GE Tax from Medical Practices to Save Private MDs
By Video @ 4:12 PM :: 4217 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care, Taxes, COVID-19
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...We have a 44% shortage of physicians on the Big Island....
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 |
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Assisted Suicide lobby using COVID 19 to promote assisting suicides via telehealth.
By Selected News Articles @ 10:07 PM :: 3736 Views :: Health Care, Life, COVID-19
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"...As always, we are responding quickly to the needs and opportunities of the times...."
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Sunday, March 29, 2020 |
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Lead. Grant relief. Don’t take more. Please.
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 3773 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Taxes
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... Now’s Not The Time To Raise Taxes And Fees....
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Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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COVID Hawaii: 14 New Cases, 120 Total
By News Release @ 9:15 PM :: 3736 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, COVID-19
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...To date, there have been more than 5,800 tests conducted for COVID-19 samples from Hawai‘i with 120 positive results....
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Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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YB Uses COVID as Excuse to Impose Freight Rules it has Wanted for Years
By News Release @ 3:55 PM :: 4329 Views :: Health Care, Jones Act, COVID-19
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...IQ Test: Do you believe that banning these cargoes protects YB workers from Corona Virus?....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Ethics: HHSC Manager Retires, Goes to Work for Contractor
By News Release @ 11:20 PM :: 4160 Views :: Kauai County, Ethics, Health Care
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...time was spent communicating with her former co-workers at the Health Information Management department....
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 |
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Straub Employee Snooped Medical Records for Six Years
By News Release @ 8:20 PM :: 4365 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement
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"...On March 17, 2020, we mailed letters to all affected individuals...."
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020 |
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Ige Statewide 'Stay at Home' Order Thru April 30
By News Release @ 3:10 AM :: 4894 Views :: First Amendment, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...Media personnel are amongst the exempted 'Essential Businesses'....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Map: COVID Spreads Across Pacific Islands
By News Release @ 10:29 PM :: 2680 Views :: Health Care
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...As of 22 March 2020, 27 cases of COVID-19 have been reported by Guam....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Hawaii Medicaid Spending High, Quality Low
By Wallet Hub @ 12:44 PM :: 2986 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Hawaii ranks 17th for Medicaid spending, 46th for quality....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Legislators: Ige's Tourism Shutdown is not Enough
By News Release @ 5:18 AM :: 3810 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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"...The only way to contain community spread of the virus is to impose a shelter-in-place directive upon all persons in Hawaii...."
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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Hawaiian Airlines to Suspend Most Long-Haul Passenger Service Due to New State of Hawai‘i Quarantine Order
By News Release @ 4:58 AM :: 2887 Views :: Health Care, Tourism
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...Airline to focus on returning guests home ahead of Hawai‘i’s March 26 quarantine....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE: Kauai Mayor Stay-at-Home Order and Nightly Curfew
By News Release @ 12:25 AM :: 5345 Views :: Kauai County, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...islandwide nighttime curfew beginning Friday, March 20. The curfew will be in effect from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. daily until further notice....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE--Stay Home Order Imposed: Caldwell Updates COVID Emergency Proclamation
By News Release @ 12:22 AM :: 5973 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Law Enforcement, Small Business
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...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....
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Monday, March 23, 2020 |
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UPDATE: Maui County Stay-Home Order: Tourists Blocked from Road to Hana
By News Release @ 12:13 AM :: 4725 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...Mayor Victorino announces Public Health Emergency Rules for Maui County....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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Hawaii: The Road to Corona Recovery Leads Through Japan
By Andrew Walden @ 9:58 PM :: 7308 Views :: Health Care, Tourism, COVID-19
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...Governor Ige’s 14-day quarantine announcement may feel like a health precaution, but it's really a tourism marketing plan....
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Sunday, March 22, 2020 |
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UPDATE: 56 COVID Cases in Hawaii
By News Release @ 7:58 PM :: 3297 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...Another eight cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Hawai’i as of noon Sunday, state officials said....
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Saturday, March 21, 2020 |
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Ige Imposes 14-Day Quarantine
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 4306 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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“...With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state....”
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Working to protect our freedoms
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:11 PM :: 3793 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Law Enforcement
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...In this uncertain and anxious time, we already are seeing many questionable proposals being put forth....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Hawaii COVID Hits 37: 11 New Cases
By News Release @ 6:57 PM :: 3236 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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"...Department of Health Director Dr. Bruce Anderson confirmed that two of the cases show evidence of community spread...."
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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COVID Committee Meets in Secret: Harbors Div Closes Hawaii to Cruise Ships, Airports Div Next
By News Release @ 2:54 PM :: 4958 Views :: Health Care, Military, Tourism
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...This plan identifies three levels of risk: 1) Limited community transmission, 2) Sustained community transmission, 3) Widespread community transmission....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Corona Virus: Hawaii Ranks 43rd
By Selected News Articles @ 1:41 PM :: 3082 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...with 26 cases and no deaths, Hawaii has the 43rd highest count of Corona Virus cases in USA....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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Thousands Sign Petition Demanding 14-Day Quarantine for all Visitors
By News Release @ 11:02 AM :: 3670 Views :: Health Care, Law Enforcement, Tourism
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..."In order for it to not just ravage our community and start having massive community spread, we need to stop people bringing it into the state"....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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COVID: 26 Cases -- All Travel Related
By News Release @ 3:32 AM :: 2944 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...The DOH has received 124 negative results from test samples selected from sites statewide with the goal of identifying possible community transmission of COVID-19....
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Friday, March 20, 2020 |
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COVID: House Speaker 'Implores' Ige to Impose Travel Ban, Order Military Response
By News Release @ 1:18 AM :: 4859 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Military, Small Business
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...The handling of this COVID-19 pandemic has been utterly chaotic and there is mass confusion among the public....
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Thursday, March 19, 2020 |
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Caldwell: Homeless enforcement more important than ever
By News Release @ 10:14 PM :: 3931 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Homelessness
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...Stored property enforcement and sidewalk nuisance enforcement to continue; HONU to continue to serve homeless population....
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