Health Care

Hawaiʻi's attorney general says a court has ordered the manufacturers and distributors of the blood thinner Plavix to pay the state a combined $916 million after finding the companies failed to disclose the efficacy and safety of the medication.

Elected officials, health experts and others celebrated the groundbreaking of construction and renaming of the Straub Benioff Medical Center, following a $100 million donation from tech billionaire and philanthropist Marc Benioff.

A University of Hawaiʻi study examining the health effects of last year's deadly wildfires on Maui has found that up to 74% of participants may have difficulty breathing and otherwise have poor respiratory health.

Hawai‘i has seen an uptick in its nursing workforce, according to a 2023 Nursing Workforce Supply Report released this week.

Strides are being made toward solving Hawaiʻi's health care worker shortage. Pacific Business News editor in chief A. Kam Napier has more on recent efforts to boost the nursing workforce.

The American Cancer Society put out a first-of-its-kind report last week. The publication collected cancer facts and figures for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

A monthly Maui Strong Support Group offers connection for those affected by the Maui wildfires.

The state Department of Health is seeking proposals for emergency medical services to operate ground ambulance services for Maui and Kauaʻi counties.

The state Department of Health is investigating two confirmed cases and eight probable cases of pertussis, better known as whooping cough, on Hawaiʻi Island. The Conversation’s Maddie Bender spoke to Deputy State Epidemiologist Nathan Tan this morning to learn more about the cases.

Did you know April happens to be pickleball month? The Conversation recently talked to Kaiser Permanente Hawaii sports medicine Dr. Benjamin Chun about the rise of injuries as more and more people take up the sport.