Hawaii's trailblazing healthcare underscores disparity
The state's system and widespread insurance coverage mean its residents are some of the nation's healthiest.
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The state's system and widespread insurance coverage mean its residents are some of the nation's healthiest.
A man accused of shooting a Warlocks prospect and dragging his body into a Philly cemetery crypt is held for trial Julie Shaw, The Philadelphia Inquirer © DAVID MAIALETTI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS A view from Kingsessing Avenue of Mount Moriah Cemetery in Southwest Philadelphia in April 2020. A 48-year-old man was ordered held for trial by a Philadelphia judge Monday on murder and related offenses in connection with the discovery in Mount Moriah Cemetery of the body of a 33-year-old Delaware County man who had disappeared in December 2017. Michael Dimauro, also of Delaw...
In Hawaii, a healthcare system apart By Noam N. Levey Print HONOLULU — When the giant kapok and nawa trees that tower over the Queen’s Medical Center in downtown Honolulu were planted more than a century ago, Hawaii faced a health crisis. Many on the islands, including the queen who founded the hospital in 1859, feared that native Hawaiians, devastated by smallpox, measles and other illnesses brought by foreigners, were in danger of dying off completely. Advertisement Advertisement Hawaiians live longer than their counterparts on th...