FIRST HAWAIʻI PEDIATRIC INFLUENZA-ASSOCIATED DEATH OF THE 2024-2025 SEASON RECORDED

HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) announced today the first influenza-associated death in a Hawaiʻi resident under the age of 18 during this influenza, or flu season. This child was a Hawaiʻi County resident with underlying medical conditions. While specimens were not available for subtyping beyond the positive influenza result, medical and exposure history pointed […]

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H5 AVIAN FLU DETECTED AT WASTEWATER SAMPLING SITE IN HILO

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) State Laboratories Division has detected H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in a wastewater sample collected on Dec. 2 at the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant on Hawaiʻi Island. This is the first detection of bird flu on a neighbor island and indicates an H5 type of bird flu […]

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This week’s data shows a 1.7% average positivity rate and eight daily average cases statewide. One new death, an average of 15 hospitalizations, and no patients in an ICU bed daily were reported.

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The @HawaiiDOH State Laboratories Division has detected H5 avian influenza (bird flu) in a wastewater sample collected on Dec. 2 at the Hilo Wastewater Treatment Plant on Hawaiʻi Island.

For more information: https://health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroom/h5-avian-flu-detected-at-wastewater-sampling-site-in-hilo/

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