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This is one of the most tragic stories about remarkable ancient artifacts you will ever read.

Kalaupapa's last living leprosy patients confront state-mandated social isolation policies that continue to prohibit visits by family and friends.

© Pa’oneakai Lee-Namaka’eha/National Parks Service COVID-19 appears to have reached every county in the United States throughout the course of 2020, according to an analysis from The Wall Street Journal released on Friday. The last known county impacted by the virus was an isolated Hawaii enclave that was established more than a century ago for patients with leprosy, now known as Hansen’s disease. In early December, Hawaii health officials reported the first and only known positive case...

mtanji@mauinews.com The state Department of Health reported the first case of COVID-19 in the isolated community of Kalaupapa on Molokai’s north shore on Thursday morning. Kalawao County was reportedly the last county in the U.S. without a case in eight months of the pandemic. The Maui News / COLLEEN UECHI photo An adult resident of Kalaupapa has become the first person to test positive for COVID-19 in Kalawao County, reportedly the last county in the U.S. without a case in eight months of th...

Dec 10, 2020 The isolated community of Kalaupapa on Molokais north shore has reported its first case of COVID-19, the state Department of Health said Thursday morning. COLLEEN UECHI photo An adult resident of Kalaupapa has become the first person to contract COVID-19 in Kalawao County, reportedly the last county in the U.S. without a case in eight months of the pandemic, according to the state Department of Health. The person received a positive test result after returning on a local flight to...