Poverty and Class

How Hawaii Is Trying To Help COVID-19 Patients Stuck At Home

The Department of Health wants to respond to coronavirus patients who need support within hours, not days.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics

Filipinos in Hawaii have the next-highest death rate, composing 24% of deaths but only 16% of the population.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs

How do you find COVID-related racial disparities at nursing homes? Start with these tips.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Poverty and Class, Aging

A third of Black women in the state's only majority-minority Gadsden County have been diagnosed with diabetes, according to state data.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs

Children haven’t been spared from the racism that Asian Americans have faced since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Mental Health, Community Safety

We’ve long given up the idea that justice is blind. We need to give up the idea that health care is blind, too....

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Patient Safety and Ethics

A look inside an expanded syringe program and a new camp.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Community Safety

“It's overwhelming,” one diaper bank director said. “We're trying to do the best we can.”

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform

This week's question: How can the media encourage people to get vaccinated, once a vaccine has been developed?

Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

Pacific Islanders — not including Native Hawaiians — make up 30% of Hawaii’s coronavirus cases but only 4% of the population.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform