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University of Hawaiʻi medical students and faculty got a front-row seat Monday with Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She spoke to The Conversation about the pandemic, Red Hill and health care infrastructure.
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One of our touchstones throughout the pandemic has been Kaiser Permanente Hawaii’s chief of infectious disease, Dr. Tarquin Collis. The Conversation caught up with him to reflect on this point in time, and on moving from pandemic to endemic.
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COVID-19 is still very much a part of daily life for many people across the islands. This month marks three years from the start of stay-at-home orders and other restrictions. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa was one group that scrambled to adjust in the early days of the pandemic.
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Three years ago this Saturday, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. Authorities in one Southeast Asian country are looking back at policies that worked — and looking ahead to what lessons can be applied to future public health emergencies. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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It was three years ago this week that the Department of Health announced the first case of COVID-19 in Hawaiʻi. Before the month was out, a stay-at-home order and travel restrictions were put in place. We're taking a look back at Hawaiʻi's pandemic response with the Center for Oral History.
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The pandemic disrupted business around the world — and across the islands. But in Hawaiʻi, some small businesses actually picked up customers. One group that's managed to hold on to many of them is hobby shops. Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier has more.
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President Joe Biden has informed Congress that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to normalcy nearly three years after they were first declared.
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If you've seen pictures of the governor's State of the State address, you may have noticed a big difference from the past several years: a lack of masks. That's also true for some lawmakers across the Pacific—and others. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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China's government expects its citizens will make more than 2 billion trips over the season of the Lunar New Year, which starts on Sunday. Most trips will be domestic, but a growing number of residents are making plans for some international travel. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.
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The latest form of COVID sweeping the nation has not been found in Hawaiʻi COVID tests — but it has been detected in Oʻahu's wastewater. HPR's Jason Ubay has more.