DOH releases Red Hill defueling plan, command investigation
DOH releases Red Hill defueling plan, command investigation Posted on Jun 30, 2022 in Navy Water System Incident, Newsroom Clarification: Please use below updated quote from Deputy Director Ho: “We are releasing these documents in the interest of transparency,” said Deputy Director of Environmental Health Kathleen Ho. “Red Hill needs to be shut down as […]
DOH Red Hill Status Report #4
DOH Red Hill Status Report #4 Posted on Jun 29, 2022 in Navy Water System Incident, Newsroom HONOLULU – As part of its responsibility to protect public health and the environment, the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) provides status reports on matters concerning the defueling, monitoring, and remediation of the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill Bulk […]
DOH Red Hill Status Report #4
DOH Red Hill Status Report #4 Posted on Jun 29, 2022 in Navy Water System Incident, Newsroom HONOLULU – As part of its responsibility to protect public health and the environment, the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) provides status reports on matters concerning the defueling, monitoring, and remediation of the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill Bulk […]
Children Younger Than 5 Years Among the Hundreds of Kids Who Received the COVID-19 Vaccine at Hawaii Pacific Health Facilities
For hundreds of families, the long wait to have all members of their ohana vaccinated against COVID-19 ended as Hawaii Pacific Health held two large-scale public vaccination clinics at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children and Kauai Medical Clinic. A total of 722 children ages 6 months through 11 years received either their first […]
Biofinder advances detection of extraterrestrial life
An innovative scientific instrument, the Compact Color Biofinder, developed by a team of University of Hawai’i at Manoa researchers, may change the game in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life. Most biological materials, for example, amino acids, fossils, sedimentary rocks, plants, microbes, proteins and lipids, have strong organic fluorescence signals that can be detected […]
Moderna vaccine now an option for children ages 6-17
Moderna vaccine now an option for children ages 6-17 Posted on Jun 24, 2022 in COVID-19, Newsroom HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is adopting the CDC recommendation that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as an option for children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 years. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech is […]
Moderna vaccine now an option for children ages 6-17
Moderna vaccine now an option for children ages 6-17 Posted on Jun 24, 2022 in COVID-19, Newsroom HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is adopting the CDC recommendation that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as an option for children and adolescents ages 6 through 17 years. The COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech is […]
DOH, PSD conduct coordinated operations to execute search warrants, embargo products at Pinky’s Hempire
DOH, PSD conduct coordinated operations to execute search warrants, embargo products at Pinky’s Hempire Posted on Jun 24, 2022 in Newsroom CORRECTION: The two individuals have not been charged yet. One individual was arrested on two counts of Promoting a Harmful Drug in the second degree and two counts of Promoting a Detrimental Drug in the […]
DOH, PSD conduct coordinated operations to execute search warrants, embargo products at Pinky’s Hempire
DOH, PSD conduct coordinated operations to execute search warrants, embargo products at Pinky’s Hempire Posted on Jun 24, 2022 in Newsroom CORRECTION: The two individuals have not been charged yet. One individual was arrested on two counts of Promoting a Harmful Drug in the second degree and two counts of Promoting a Detrimental Drug in the […]
DOH reports one additional probable monkeypox case
DOH reports one additional probable monkeypox case Posted on Jun 24, 2022 in Newsroom HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has identified one additional probable case of monkeypox in an Oʻahu resident. This brings the total number of cases in Hawaiʻi to five confirmed and one probable. DOH has also identified connections between […]