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Saturday, July 23, 2016 |
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Tulsi Gabbard Votes Against Zika Funding
By Joni Kamiya @ 6:25 PM :: 5426 Views :: Health Care, Politicians
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When politics start to affect public health and well being, there’s a major problem....
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Friday, July 22, 2016 |
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The Hawaii Legislature's Exercise in Short-Term Thinking
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:01 PM :: 5148 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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In essence, the legislature just handed the Hawaii taxpayers a bill, and even they don't know how high it's going to be....
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Thursday, July 21, 2016 |
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Ige: The concerns expressed in my veto message have not changed
By News Release @ 3:45 AM :: 5771 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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"The bill jeopardizes the Employees Retirement System’s tax exempt status...."
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Thursday, July 21, 2016 |
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Maui Hospital Veto Override will jeopardize the Employee Retirement System
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:11 AM :: 6756 Views :: Maui County, Hawaii State Government, Health Care, Labor
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... Grassroot Institute Exposes Flaws in Veto Override Regarding Maui Hospitals ....
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016 |
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Zika Spreads—1300 Cases in Continental US and Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:41 PM :: 3794 Views :: Health Care
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The caregiver of an elderly Zika patient in Utah has been diagnosed with the virus, raising questions among health officials about how the virus was transmitted....
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Saturday, July 16, 2016 |
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Hawaii Says ‘Aloha’ to Direct Primary Care
By News Release @ 6:14 PM :: 4639 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii's First Direct Primary Care Practice Opens in Kailua-Kona ....
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Saturday, July 16, 2016 |
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State lawmakers to return Monday to discuss wasteful $25 million union deal
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:13 AM :: 4290 Views :: Health Care, Labor
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Legislators will convene on Monday, July 18th for a special session to determine whether $25 million in severance pay will be paid to union employees transitioning to new employment in a private hospital system....
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016 |
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Maui HGEA Payoff: Still $25M too Much
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:04 PM :: 6336 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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"The legislature must avoid establishing a costly disincentive that would hinder the saving of other neighbor islands' hospital systems through healthy public-private partnerships...."
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Monday, July 11, 2016 |
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Healthcare: Legislators Muddle Definition of ‘Direct Primary Care’
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:49 AM :: 3722 Views :: Health Care
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“There’s plenty of resistance from insurance companies at the state level against direct primary care."
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Sunday, July 10, 2016 |
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HGEA: Ige Preparing Reduced Hospital Severance Package
By News Release @ 9:10 PM :: 6365 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...In a Special Session, Legislators may amend the bill and take a vote - bill passes with a simple majority....
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Sunday, July 10, 2016 |
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$42 Million Bid May Stall Hospital Transition and Jeopardize Union Jobs
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 5:23 PM :: 5583 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...The new hospital public-private partnership is estimated to save the state $260 million in costs over the next decade....these savings could disappear if the costs for the transition is too great....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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Study: Home Care Costs Increase in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:46 PM :: 4863 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...the costs can add up to as much as $57,772 per year in Hawaii....
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016 |
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Single Payer Activists to Target Hawaii for Socialist Medicine?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 AM :: 3906 Views :: Health Care
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...single-payer advocates are focusing on individual states....
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016 |
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Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:58 PM :: 6412 Views :: Health Care, Homelessness
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Compact Impact: Why Pacific Islanders are Fleeing to Hawaii - Neil Mellen...
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Monday, June 27, 2016 |
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Ige: Intent to Veto 9 Bills
By News Release @ 7:59 PM :: 4999 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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On July 12, any measure that has not been signed or vetoed by Gov. Ige will become law with or without his signature....
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Friday, June 24, 2016 |
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Privatization: 20 Years of UPW Garbage in Hawaii’s Courts
By Selected News Articles @ 10:02 PM :: 8042 Views :: Honolulu County, Health Care, Judiciary, Labor
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20 years ago, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that an agreement between the County of Hawaii and a private contractor for the operation of a county landfill violated civil service laws....
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 |
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Child Well-Being: Hawaii Ranks 23rd
By News Release @ 6:21 PM :: 7311 Views :: Education K-12, Family, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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...according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2016 KIDS COUNT Data Book....
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Friday, June 17, 2016 |
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Court Lifts Stay—Allows Maui Hospital Privatization to Proceed
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 6239 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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...negotiations continue and the order still prevents the parties from actually closing the transaction....
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Thursday, June 16, 2016 |
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Pay for Performance: AMA Softening Stand Against Assisted Suicide?
By Hawaii Family Forum @ 8:09 PM :: 5196 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...Meet the Insurance Executive Behind Assisted Suicide in Hawaii....
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Thursday, June 9, 2016 |
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Survey: More High-Risk Behavior from Hawaii Public High School Youth
By News Release @ 4:54 PM :: 6227 Views :: Education K-12, Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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The Youth Risk Behavior Survey is administered in odd-numbered years to Hawai‘i public school students in grades 6–12....
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Sunday, June 5, 2016 |
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What Will We Do Next for Maui Hospital Workers?
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 5974 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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"All patients of all ages will be negatively impacted by service cuts, so please support privatization.”
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Thursday, June 2, 2016 |
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It’s not just for the birds--GM mosquitoes could stave off Zika in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 5142 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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Zika will not just disappear in Hawaii, it will take constant vigilance, and lots of pesticide spray, to keep it in check....
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016 |
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Interior Dept. Worsening Bad Situation for COFA Migrants
By News Release @ 9:30 PM :: 5593 Views :: National News, Health Care
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...OIA is now training migrants to maximize their dependency on taxpayer-funded services in Guam and Hawaii....
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Monday, May 30, 2016 |
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Report: Hawaii 5th-Healthiest Seniors
By News Release @ 6:15 PM :: 6932 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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Next-generation seniors set to be less healthy than current seniors, with 55 percent growth in diabetes, 25 percent increase in obesity....
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Saturday, May 28, 2016 |
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Regents to Vote on New UH Cancer Center Director
By News Release @ 3:53 AM :: 4876 Views :: Health Care, Higher Education
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“He can be instrumental in our efforts to keep the UH Cancer Center NCI-designated"
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Thursday, May 26, 2016 |
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Billions of Dollars Later, Veterans Health Administration Still Failing
By NCPA @ 2:05 PM :: 5381 Views :: Health Care, Military
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The results are pretty bad, according to a report by Dr. Sanjay Gupta....
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Tuesday, May 24, 2016 |
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$500M: Obama Raids Zika Budget to Finance UN Climate Change Fund
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:22 PM :: 4601 Views :: Health Care
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...the Obama administration already has the authority to pay for a Zika response from existing agency budgets, but chose not to....
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Monday, May 23, 2016 |
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Video Sales Pitch Helps Convince Hawaii Patients to Die Cheaply
By News Release @ 6:35 PM :: 6766 Views :: Health Care, Life
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...part of a larger initiative to transform medical care for serious illness in the state of Hawaii....
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016 |
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Temporary Injunction Blocks Maui Hospital Privatization
By News Release @ 1:55 AM :: 6763 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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Today’s order lasts only until September 30, 2016, unless sooner terminated by the Court. The Court also ordered the parties to the lawsuit to file a joint status report on or before June 30, 2016....
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Saturday, May 14, 2016 |
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Kaiser Names New Leadership for Privatized Maui Hospitals
By News Release @ 10:27 AM :: 5089 Views :: Maui County, Health Care
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...Maui Health System will manage operations at each of the hospitals effective July 1, 2016....
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016 |
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Obesity Rate Lowest in Hawaii, Highest in West Virginia
By Selected News Articles @ 6:28 PM :: 4353 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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At 18.5%, Hawaii has the lowest adult obesity rate in the U.S., closely followed by Colorado at 19.8%....
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Monday, May 9, 2016 |
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Getting Old? Hawaii 7th Best Place to be
By News Release @ 11:39 PM :: 5397 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care, Cost of Living
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...Study Examining Senior Care Cost and Quality Reveals Best and Worst States to Age in....
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Friday, May 6, 2016 |
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New FDA Regs May Shut Down 95% of E-Cig Industry
By News Release @ 3:50 PM :: 6621 Views :: Health Care, Small Business, Drugs
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...The rule goes into effect August 8, 2016....
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Friday, May 6, 2016 |
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Feds: After Losing Millions, Hawaii Medicaid Fraud Control Finally Improving
By News Release @ 2:20 AM :: 3989 Views :: Health Care
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“Medicaid fraud takes tax dollars from patients who need coverage and gives it to criminals."
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Thursday, May 5, 2016 |
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Health: Hawaii Lawmakers Struggle to Define Direct Primary Care
By Selected News Articles @ 7:08 PM :: 5224 Views :: Health Care
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Dr. Phil Eskew, founder of DPC Frontier, says the bill’s language requesting the insurance division of DCCA to conduct a survey suggests Hawaii lawmakers don’t understand what DPC is....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
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Disgusting: Another Massive Recall of Hawaii Organic Food Infested with Listeria
By News Release @ 4:30 AM :: 5337 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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... serious and sometimes fatal infections ... high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women ....
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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
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Experimental Drugs for Terminal Patients? Ige Vetoes SB2181
By News Release @ 3:50 AM :: 3357 Views :: Health Care
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"...this measure unreasonably intrudes upon a system of federal law in violation of the Supremacy Clause...."
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 |
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Hawaii 3rd Most Expensive Home Health Care in U.S.
By Selected News Articles @ 4:35 PM :: 6960 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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When it comes to hiring a home health aide, where you live matters....
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 |
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Big Island 30 Days Without Dengue
By News Release @ 1:56 AM :: 5821 Views :: Hawaii County , Health Care
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"As Zika continues to spread rapidly overseas, we must take precautionary measures to prevent any locally acquired cases from taking hold in our state.”
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016 |
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HB2084: Your Insurance Rates Will Be Going up to Pay for Trannies
By Rep Bob McDermott @ 4:43 AM :: 5762 Views :: Family, Health Care
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... people who promote sexual reassignment surgery “are collaborating with and promoting a mental disorder” ....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
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Ige Signs Bill Requesting Obamacare Waiver for Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:41 AM :: 3981 Views :: Health Care
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...requesting a waiver of certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act that compromise the state’s existing Prepaid Health Care Act...
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Privatization May Drive Down Costs on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:24 PM :: 3988 Views :: Health Care
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...Until recently, hospital labor on Maui was given exclusively to a public labor union. As a result, 70% of the budget was spent on employees....
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Friday, April 22, 2016 |
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Zika: Pregnant Women Should Avoid Travel to American Samoa
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 6771 Views :: Environment, Agriculture, Health Care
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...When Zika makes it to Hawaii and destroys the tourism industry, remember the environmentalists and organic pseudo-farmers who refused to allow spraying....
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Tuesday, April 19, 2016 |
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could End Disease Transmission
By Selected News Articles @ 3:39 PM :: 5002 Views :: Health Care, GMOs
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Field trials in Brazil are using a genetically modified form of the A. aegypti mosquito....
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Friday, April 8, 2016 |
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9th Circuit Judges Consider Blocking Maui Hospital Privatization
By Selected News Articles @ 3:45 AM :: 6947 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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A federal judge refused the unions' request for an emergency stay in February, leading to Wednesday showdown in the Ninth Circuit....
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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 |
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Judges Lobby to Pause Hospital Privatization
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 4944 Views :: Maui County, Health Care, Labor
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A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit lobbied hard Wednesday for Hawaii to pause its plan to privatize money-pit hospitals on Maui and Lanai....
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Tuesday, April 5, 2016 |
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USDA on Dengue Mosquito Eradication -- Organic Farms Will NOT Lose Certification
By Andrew Walden @ 6:44 PM :: 7830 Views :: Hawaii County , Agriculture, Health Care, GMOs
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...dozens of Hawaii County organic farmers are refusing access to State and County mosquito-eradication workers....
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