The first quarter losses reversed $42.7 million in year-earlier profits as the state’s largest health insurer waived the cost share for COVID-19 diagnostic tests and treatments deemed medically necessary. Read more
Queen’s said it will maintain safety precautions including screening everyone entering its hospitals and requiring them to wear masks and sanitize their hands. Read more
The state has set up “resilience hubs” to distribute donations of personal protective equipment to behavioral health and homeless service providers. Read more
Ige extended the 14-day quarantine for travelers to Hawaii and the moratorium on residential evictions through June 30. Read more
The employees were among 3,296 who voluntarily participated in the state’s first antibody screenings to determine the level of COVID-19 infection in the health care workforce. Read more
“I’ve told the mayors that my intention is to extend the safer-at-home mandate through the end of June. We will be looking at different components of what that means,” Ige said. Read more
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The clinic will open on June 1 through Aug. 31 at the Kalihi Medical Building at 2055 N. King St. Read more
The state will receive $50 million in federal funding to identify new coronavirus cases, trace contacts and ensure those infected are isolated to stop the spread of the disease. Read more
The Maui resident’s recovery follows a life-threatening ordeal after contracting COVID-19 while hospitalized for a urinary tract infection at Maui Memorial Medical Center, the site of the state’s largest coronavirus cluster. Read more
Gaualofa Nua has been fighting for his life for the past six weeks, the most severe complications of the coronavirus having blindsided the 45-year-old construction industry worker, who had no previous medical conditions. Read more
Health experts say it is too early for Hawaii to reopen businesses, arguing that the state does not have a sufficient public health workforce to identify new coronavirus cases, trace contacts and ensure those infected are isolated to stop the spread of the disease. Read more
Some Hawaii hospitals are also resuming elective surgeries and reopening outpatient clinics. Read more
The outdoor triage tent was erected seven weeks ago on March 12 to evaluate, test and separate COVID-19-infected patients from the rest of the hospital population. Read more
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are being infected with the coronavirus at higher rates than other ethnic groups, including high-risk African Americans and American Indians in Western states. Read more
Her daughter Barbara Carlson said a hospital worker told her that Seiser, who was placed in a room with another COVID-19-infected patient, may have been reinfected with the virus. Read more
The parent company of Kapiolani, Pali Momi and Straub medical centers and Wilcox Health on Kauai is the first in Hawaii to offer the antibody screenings at no cost to its workers. Read more
As Hawaii carefully considers reopening the economy, the first laboratory- based coronavirus antibody tests will begin Thursday to ascertain how many people have actually been infected in the islands. Read more
The 94-bed acute care hospital in Kealakekua said it is minimizing the number of employees entering the patient’s isolation room and following precautions outlined by the CDC. Read more
Pukalani resident Lillian Seiser, 95, was admitted to Maui Memorial Medical Center on Feb. 29 for a urinary tract infection and, six weeks later, tested positive for the coronavirus. Read more
Hawaii has reached an apparent milestone in the coronavirus pandemic with just four new cases and zero new infections on the most densely populated island, Oahu. Read more
Under the rules by the Department of Liquor Control, it is unlawful to “give any premium or free goods of intoxicating liquor or other merchandise in connection with the sale of any intoxicating liquor or to offer or to provide any premium or free goods of intoxicating liquor in connection with the sale of other merchandise.” Read more
