Public Health

Researchers found that the average life expectancy in Hawaiʻi dropped by about 1.4 years during the COVID pandemic. The national average decline was about 2.4 years.

911 is seeing a rise in calls about respiratory distress this flu season; Surfer and scientist Cliff Kapono stars in the mini-doc "The Smartest Surfer in the World"

Dr. Jim Ireland, director of the Honolulu Emergency Medical Services Department, spoke to The Conversation's Catherine Cruz about a new strain of flu that is circulating around the globe.

Two endangered Hawaiian monk seal pups are responding well after receiving vaccinations against a highly contagious strain of avian influenza that has decimated other marine mammal populations.

Researcher Justin Sexton spoke to HPR’s Maddie Bender about dengue outbreaks in the Pacific Islands.

A state wildlife biologist says bird flu in Hawaiʻi is not a matter of "if" but "when"; Retired Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Recktenwald joins a coalition of former justices speaking out about the importance of the rule of law

Among the Trump administration’s cuts to the federal government are millions of dollars in federal funding to reduce and control tobacco use, shifting the responsibility for continuing that work to states and counties.

Nicky Hawley, an associate professor of chronic disease epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health, is part of an advisory committee for a local initiative called Make American Samoa Healthy Again.

Israel and Hamas agree to the first phase of a ceasefire deal; Research suggests a gene variant carried by people from American Samoa, Tonga, and Hawaiʻi may be linked to obesity

A $2.8 million federal grant is being used in a University of Hawaiʻi study that involves giving some patients funds for locally grown fruits and vegetables — and to see how the access to local and healthy food impacts high blood pressure and food insecurity.