coronavirus

A local firm's rapid antigen COVID-19 test is one of a dozen to get over-the-counter approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration this year.

People are gathering indoors for the holidays, and there's been an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The federal government says you should test often to try to prevent the spread of the virus.

Chinese residents are adjusting to a new set of rules this week. They’re related to COVID-19 — and cover everything from testing to quarantine. And now the changes are setting up a new set of challenges. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.

Researchers who interviewed frontline workers found generational trauma in the NHPI community that can manifest itself through structural racism and inadequate or inappropriate health care — which undermined trust enjoyed by other communities. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi has the story.

As part of an ongoing project with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Center for Oral History, we bring you voices from Hawaiʻi’s history centered around a different theme each month. Stay tuned for more.

Hawaiʻi’s Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund has grown again after rapidly depleting as a result of the pandemic.

Another county rent and utility relief program is winding down. This time on Hawaiʻi Island. HPR’s Casey Harlow has more.

Maui County employees who worked during Gov. David Ige’s emergency proclamation period from March 4, 2020, to March 25, 2022, are entitled to temporary hazard pay compensation of up to 25% of their base salary.

Remember the COVID rules? Most restrictions have been eased in Hawaiʻi and the rest of the United States for some time. But governments in some parts of Asia are moving more slowly. HPRʻs Bill Dorman has more in this Asia Minute.

The bivalent boosters are the first vaccines designed specifically to protect against COVID and its most common forms in Hawaiʻi — the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants.