Health Care

President-elect Donald Trump’s promised federal budget cuts have created an uncertain future for Medicaid funding. Half of Hawaiʻi’s children and roughly a third of residents rely on Medicaid for health coverage.

As union negotiations are ongoing with Maui Health System and Kaiser Permanente for more than 900 health care employees on Maui and Lānaʻi, the Maui County Council passed a resolution supporting them in their requests for higher pay and safe staffing ratios.

The discovery of avian flu in wastewater in the Wahiawā area on Friday destroyed some 70 birds at a backyard bird sanctuary. The Conversation talked to Hawaiʻi's State Veterinarian Dr. Isaac Maeda about the state's first outbreak of avian flu in birds.

The Department of Health has issued a warning that members of the public who attended the Mililani Pet Fair on Nov. 2 may have been exposed to H5N1 avian influenza. Those with symptoms are instructed to isolate at home and call their primary health providers.

The Maui County Council is considering a measure asking the state Legislature to allow all types of birthing practices in Hawaiʻi. This comes after a 2019 state law that established a licensing structure for midwives. However, it limits traditional birthing methods.

Dr. Naoto Ueno took over as its executive director more than a year ago and has been working intently on the center's future. Also a two-time cancer survivor, he has spent the last three decades at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to honor and recognize those devoted to caring for our kūpuna. The Conversation talked to Faye Mitchell, the executive director of North Hawaiʻi Hospice, about the importance of community volunteers to the local caregiving industry.

The head of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center talks about how his own battles with cancer have shaped how he views health care; New research offers important clues into the genetics of giant clams

A strike of Maui and Lānaʻi health care workers ended Thursday morning but no contract agreement has yet been reached. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol has an update.

What can be done to tackle Hawaiʻi's healthcare worker shortage? We discuss this topic with our panel of guests.