Category: Hawaii – Filipino

A new study found that Hawaii ranks fifth in the highest stroke-related deaths per 100,000 residents in the United States.

The 56th Annual Barrio Fiesta will be celebrated on May 23 and 24 at Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului, 780 Onehee Avenue across Maui Waena.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in Hawaii, with an average of 201 deaths each year. The illness also disproportionately affects Native Hawaiians.

The bill “will help expand and protect access to health care across the islands by ensuring that physicians and other health professionals are being fairly compensated.”

Filed in 2014, the lawsuit accused the two pharmaceutical companies of misleading marketing practices with their prescription medications.