Health Care

The Conversation’s Lillian Tsang sat down with Norma Kop to get details on what you can do to protect yourself from the latest health care scams.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke says Hawaiʻi stands to lose $6 million in broadband funding under President Trump's proposed spending bill; Tips on how to identify Medicare scams

In the news earlier this month was a story about baby KJ, who made headlines because of a custom treatment he received for a rare genetic disorder. That treatment was thanks to gene editing and the CRISPR technique. Hawaiʻi-born Jennifer Doudna, along with her colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 for that discovery.

We revisit an interview with Chris Sanders, the voice and creator of Stitch, ahead of the premiere of Disney's live-action "Lilo & Stitch"; HPR's Cathrine Cluett Pactol shares about Ka La’i Ola, a housing initiative that aims to meet the needs of those who lost their homes to the Maui wildfires

A bill awaiting Gov. Josh Green's signature would seek to control the cost of prescription drugs for hospitals and health centers that care for underserved populations. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on the measure and its impact on the state’s most vulnerable.

The UH Cancer Center is home to Nā Wahine Hula ʻAkala — a halau composed of breast cancer survivors. It was to be part of a pilot study measuring the benefits of hula for cancer survivors. More than a decade later, dozens of women have taken part in the halau.

Mele Look of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the UH John A. Burns School of Medicine discussed her research into the connection between hula and health.

Molokaʻi critically lacks dental care, and the Molokaʻi Community Health Center is expanding to help address the need this summer. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol has the story.

The firework industry is seeking an exemption to Trump's tariffs on China; Two-time Olympian Marion Jones prepares for the Honolulu Triathlon

Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a professor of medicine at UCLA and a faculty member at Harvard University who studies “species-spanning medicine,” a field that draws inspiration from animals to improve human health. HPR talked to her about what we can learn from animals.