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'It's the best medicine for us': Hawaii's Kalaupapa eases pandemic restrictions
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Hawaii Health Department has restored visitor privileges to former Hansen’s disease patients and...
Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii's leprosy patients
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoKalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. As a daily Mass-going Catholic devoted to Saint Damien of...
At this national park in Hawaiʻi, a natural paradise and a medical purgatory
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOn the north side of Molokaʻi — the least-visited Hawaiian Island — a piece of land called the...
Kalaupapa park remains closed 3 years after pandemic shutdown
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJun. 18—The National Park Service unit has been closed to the general public since COVID-19 struck in 2020. Connie Pollack knows all about the tragic story of Kalaupapa. Over the years she's ...