The Hawaii Department of Health is severely short-staffed, working continuously to fill vacancies to avoid disruption of ...

Hawaii continues to suffer from a serious shortage of health care workers, according to the latest findings from the Healthcare Association of Hawaii. The 2024, published every two years by the ...

The state departments of Transportation and Law Enforcement want to put more patrols on the roads with an entirely new unit of state deputy sheriffs.

Even as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to meet with top Senate committee leaders, ...

The Senate is poised to make “an absolute life-or-death decision” in confirming Kennedy as HHS secretary, warned Gov. Josh Green, who is also a physician.

The American Heart Association says, about 44 percent of people survive a cardiac event when it happens in an airport. To understand just how impressive that is, ...

Hawaii airports have a 44% survival rate for cardiac arrests, thanks to AEDs. Free CPR and AED training is available at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

The state Department of Agriculture was called before the Senate on Tuesday afternoon to discuss its budget. HPR's Savannah ...

Though the number of unhoused people has been steadily rising, the governor has pushed back against a declaration. “I would ...

Wildfires that are burning in and around Los Angeles have burned the homes of several celebrities, including Billy Crystal, Mandy Moore and Paris Hilton.