There were 15 deaths with Alzheimer's disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Hawaii during the week ending June 17, a 36.4% increase over the previous week.
Hawaii's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending June 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch is issuing an alert regarding raw oysters exported from Dai One Food Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea (ROK), which may be potentially contaminated with norovirus.
The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch is warning residents of a voluntary recall by Willamette Valley Fruit Co. of the following Great Value frozen fruit products sold at Walmart, because of the potential presence of hepatitis A.
Governor Josh Green, M.D. has signed legislation to expand access to health care on Maui and to uplift career advancement opportunities for health care workers in the state.
On June 15, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) led a bipartisan group of 60 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act.
The Hawai‘i State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT) on June 15 announced that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May was 3.1 percent, compared to 3.3 percent in April.
he U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaiʻi entered judgment in favor of the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) and the Director of Health in a lawsuit challenging DOH’s regulations prohibiting the sale of Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC products processed from hemp.
Governor Josh Green, M.D. on June 8 signed into law, Act 72 (2023), (HB1183 HD1 SD2 CD1), establishing a path toward mitigating overtourism impacts on state parks.