"We know music and art really help people through the hardest times ... and show resilience as a people. The only way we get through this is together.”
“There is no guarantee. When it comes down to it you are responsible for your own self and the government will be there for some of it and not for others."
The pandemic has had dire public health implications in Hawaii, but it’s also had significant economic ones. Hundreds of businesses have closed for good.
There’s no question that the events of the last 12 months were unprecedented, but experts say they also revealed some deep failures in Hawaii’s public leaders.
Nearly half of American adults have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, and about 30% of adults in the U.S. have been fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ige said in an interview that the goal is to return kids to school in-person full-time and that he is confident the state will be able to enact the initiative smoothly.
The image by Danish photographer Mads Nissen captured the moment Rosa Luzia Lunardi was hugged by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza at the Viva Bem care home in Sao Paulo on Aug. 5.
At the beginning of the pandemic, many people became more sedentary, may have turned to food for comfort, and, according to a recent study, may have gained weight.