#big island health care

SNAP benefits in jeopardy again as Trump threatens to freeze funds for Democratic-controlled states

Trump’s administration says funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also still commonly referred to as food stamps, would not be distributed starting next week unless those states give up information about benefit recipients.

Home Healthcare Presents New Challenges in Era of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the professional lives of nurses everywhere, including those who work outside of traditional hospital settings.

Kaiser Permanente Offers Free Coronavirus Treatment Through May

It will apply for all dates of service (admissions) from April 1 through May 31, 2020, unless superseded by government action or extended by Kaiser Permanente.

Free Health Care Planning Workshop in Hilo

Community First Hawai‘i is offering a free class on how to prepare an Advance Health Care Directive.

Annual Early Signs Health Fair Coming to Hilo

The Eighteenth Annual Early Signs Health Fair will be held at the LIfe Care Center of Hilo on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

LETTER: Mental Health Care Disaster

Does no one care about the mental healthcare disaster on the Big Island? We have the highest rate of suicide of any Hawaiian island—nearly 100 deaths from 2010–14.