coronavirus

It’s been five years since COVID-19 sent office workers home to work remotely. Now companies want their employees back in the office, but workers aren't quite ready to give up the comforts of home. Pacific Business News Editor-in-Chief Janis Magin has more.

The COVID-19 pandemic took hold across the globe 5 years ago this month. The Conversation talked to Former Former East-West Center epidemiologist Tim Brown about the early days of the pandemic and where we are now with the virus.

Former East-West Center epidemiologist Tim Brown discusses five years of the coronavirus pandemic and the various variants; Board of Water Supply Chief Engineer Ernie Lau and Director of Public Affairs for the Navy Closure Task Force-Red Hill Scott Malcolm give a snapshot of the progress made to shut down the Red Hill Storage Facility

Utility disconnections are happening twice as often now as they did prior to the pandemic. Hawaiian Electric says that the COVID-19 moratorium on power cut-offs is to blame.

Hawaiʻi is among just a handful of locations in the U.S. that still have fewer jobs than it did before the COVID-19 pandemic. HPR's Mark Ladao breaks down UHERO's latest report.

Hawaiʻi is one of 21 states experiencing "very high" levels of the COVID-19 virus in local sewage. The stateʻs weekly case count was at 937, with a daily average of 135 cases daily.

Dr. Sarah Kemble, the state epidemiologist, shared the latest update on the state's COVID-19 dashboard detailing new cases, positivity rates, hospitalizations and deaths.

Dr. Tim Brown, an expert in infections disease modeling, talked with The Conversation's host Catherine Cruz about the different COVID-19 variants showing up around the state.

Dr. Moncia Nayakwadi-Singer shared the health care community's efforts to combat the recent rise in COVID-19 cases.

With COVID-19 cases on the rise, precautions were taken at this year's FestPAC event. Gov. Josh Green shared with The Conversation on Thursday morning about the takeaways from at the festival.