Health Care

Many residents lost their medication in the floods and have yet to schedule prescription fillings, or have not had time or resources to go to the store, while others have infected cuts or gastroenteritis from ingesting contaminated water.

Recent power outages from this month's storms have sent ripples through the health care system. People who rely on in-home medical devices are especially vulnerable.

Five community health centers are asking for state support to finance new solar microgrids. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke to leaders at the centers about how this initiative would help them weather rising costs.

UH religions professor Michel Mohr shares details about an upcoming conference on the universal appeal of Buddhism; Hawaiʻi comedian Charlene Kaye returns home for a set at the Blue Note

Lawmakers are advancing a measure that would allow out-of-state physicians to practice telehealth in Hawaiʻi if the service is not available locally.

While the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration increased the production limit of stimulant drugs used to treat ADHD, there's still a high demand.

The proposed bill would expand current protections to include gender-affirming care, which the bill defines as “medically necessary health care that respects the gender identity of the patient, as experienced and defined by the patient.”

Fraud prevention expert Doug Shadel shares tips on how to avoid become a victim of fraud; Shawn "Speedy" Lopes captures Hawaiʻi's punk rock music scene in the new book "Local Unrest"

An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers will return to work on Tuesday after a four-week strike in California and Hawaiʻi to demand better wages and staffing. The union said in a statement Monday that "significant movement at the bargaining table" prompted an end to the walkout.

Jennifer Walsh is the senior vice president of strategic initiatives and chief strategy officer for Hawaiʻi Pacific University. HPR talked to her about what this means for students who can apply for grants to ease the tuition burden over the next five years.