Kaiser Permanente is a major healthcare provider, with more than 250,000 members in Hawaii. Island Conversations host Sherry Bracken talks with Kaiser’s Chief Nurse Executive Kate Roche and Lab Director Larry Shima (both on O’ahu) and Hawaii...
COVID-19 Interview
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Island Conversations #114--COVID vaccines with Lt. Gov. Green and more with Mayor Mitch Roth
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Island Conversations #113--Mayor Elect Mitch Roth
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Island Conversations #111--Queen's North Hawaii Community Hospital Pres Cindy Kamikawa
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Island Conversations #106--Travel, tourism, testing with Ross Birch, HIVB
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Island Conversations #96--Dr. Kimo Alameda of Bay Clinic
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Mayor Harry Kim talks COVID, new restrictions, testing
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Island Conversations #94--Dan Brinkman, Hilo Medical Center
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Rep Gabbard says state MUST fix contact tracing snafus--where are the federal funds?
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News: Hawaii County Mayor Kim talks travel quarantine exemptions and election
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News: Lt. Gov. Josh Green weighs in on the current COVID situation
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Island Conversations #90 --Kaiser Permanente and COVID
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Island Conversations #88--COVID update with Dr. Scott Miscovich
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News update--Kailua Bay sewage spill: COVID? Other health issues? The environment? Dr. Scott Miscovich, Dr. Rick Bennett
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Island Conversations #85--former Mayor Billy Kenoi
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Island Conversations #84: Stress and anxiety during COVID, with Dr. Katherine May, PA Chris Russell
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Island Conversations #82 -- Landlord Tenant Mediation
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Island Conversations #81--Gov. David Ige
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Island Conversations #80-- COVID testing, antibody testing, and more with Ali'i Health
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Island Conversations #77--COVID PCR and antibody tests, with Dr. Scott Miscovich
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Island Conversations #76 -- Hawaii Island Food Basket update with Kristin Frost Albrecht
COVID-19 Interview
Testing, how other countries are handling COVID, the new G mutation and how it will affect those working on vaccines, and more –that’s what Dr. Scott Miscovich of Premier Medical Group and host Sherry Bracken discuss. Air...
The Hawaii State Department of Health Clean Water Branch has issued an advisory after around 20,000 gallons of sewage entered Kailua Bay due to a broken sewer line on Ali’i Drive near Sarona Lane. State DOH says...
Former Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi talks with host Sherry Bracken about dealing with the pandemic, the mayor job and what the next Mayor (who could be elected in August) will need to do, what government should...
During this time of COVID-19, which has now been going on for more than 3 months, people are feeling anxious, they’re feeling depression, they’re facing job losses and other uncertainties. Physician Assistant Christopher Russell and psychologist Dr....
Kehau Costa of Hawaii Island Realtors, Julie Mitchell of Ku’ikahi Mediation Center in Hilo, and Eric Paul of West Hawaii Mediation Center in Waimea talk about the concern about people who may not be able to pay...
Governor David Ige and Island Conversations host Sherry Bracken talked on Friday afternoon, June 5–lots of topics: Mauna Kea, the protests on the mainland and how they’re being handled here, and of course, how to restart tourism,...
Anne Broderson, Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner, and Clayton McGhan, the Executive Director of Ali’i Health Center in Keauhou Shopping Center (an affiliate of Kona Community Hospital and the Kona Ambulatory Surgery Center) talked with Island Conversations host...
Dr. Scott Miscovich, whose organization Premier Medical Group has been testing for both active and past COVID-19 cases throughout the state, talks about how COVID-19 is affecting the provision of medical care in the state and on...
The United States Census Bureau reports that nearly half of American adults lost employment since mid March, and about a third of Americans are experiencing food insufficiency. On Hawaii Island the need is dire. The demand is...