A milk run costs $2.30 here versus 87 cents in Texas, yet Honolulu still ranks third for retiree quality of life nationwide.

Fully funded and taught on the Leeward Coast, the new EMT cohort trained at Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Health Center instead of commuting to Honolulu.

At 106, former UH engineering professor James Chou is still working out regularly and recently returned to reconnect with students and colleagues.

Hawaiʻi health officials say pertussis cases are rising statewide and urge vaccination, with infants at greatest risk. Providers are being directed to test, treat and report.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health closed the Subway at Kunia on July 17 after inspectors found refrigeration failures that could affect food safety.

Ocean Dim Sum at 1150 Bishop St. was briefly closed after DOH found a removed handwashing sink and unlabeled foods; a July 15 follow-up inspection cleared the violations.

A UH Cancer Center analysis found Hawaiʻi residents spent more than $230M on mainland cancer care from 2021–2023, prompting investment in local trials and services.

Exchanges have dropped from a 2021 high to under half a million in 2024 as staff pivot to naloxone, wound care and safer-smoking kits.

Nearly $25 million in federal grants will support Native Hawaiian clinics statewide, with Papa Ola Lōkahi set to receive $10 million to boost primary care and prevention. The awards target community-based services on six islands.

Blood Bank of Hawaiʻi warns AB plasma could be exhausted in days after one patient’s needs; donors are urged to schedule appointments this week.

UH Mānoa researchers found 28% of Native Hawaiian adults 55+ reported mobility limitations — higher than other groups and evident by midlife.

Hawaii-based trainer Gilad Janklowicz, the creator and face of Bodies in Motion, died suddenly at 71. He filmed hundreds of beachside episodes and remained active teaching on Oahu.

Federal officials added Hawaii to a ten‑state Medicaid demonstration to expand mental‑health and addiction care. Maui clinics are slated for early certification.