News Releases from Department of Health

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a voluntary recall alert by the Quaker Oats Company of granola bar and granola cereal products because of potential Salmonella contamination. These products were sold nationwide, including Hawaiʻi. Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for ...
Read More Department of Health issues voluntary recall warning for Quaker Granola Bars and Quaker Granola Cereals due to potential Salmonella contamination

HONOLULU – Elevated lead levels have resulted in a voluntary recall of Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree by WanaBana, LLC and of private-label brands Schnucks Apple Sauce with cinnamon and Weis Cinnamon Apple Sauce pouch products. The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (HI-CLPPP), Disease Investigation Branch (DIB), and Food and ...
Read More Department of Health issues updated voluntary recall warning for WanaBana, Weis, and Schnucks Apple Cinnamon Fruit Puree and Apple Sauce Pouches due to elevated lead levels

LAHAINA – The Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP) program will be available through the end of its current activation period, ending December 16, 2023. Individuals enrolled in the program are urged to fill/renew their prescriptions before the EPAP closes. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had approved the State of Hawaiʻi’s request to ...
Read More The Emergency Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP) for Maui residents will close on December 16, 2023

HONOLULU – Weekly air sampling conducted by the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) in Kula continues to show good air quality. “We will continue to sample weekly in Kula to ensure that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Phase II dust mitigation measures are effective,” said Deputy Director of Environmental Health Kathleen Ho. “We will ...
Read More Weekly Kula Air Sampling Continues to Show Good Air Quality

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) released data showing elevated levels of arsenic, lead, antimony, cobalt, and copper in wildfire ash collected in Lahaina. The ash samples were collected on November 7-8, 2023 from 100 properties in Lahaina, which had been constructed from the 1900s to the 2000s. Parameter Unit Lab Report #1 ...
Read More Lahaina Ash Characterization Testing Show Elevated Levels of Toxic Substances

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) continues to monitor air quality in wildfire-impacted areas of Maui.  “DOH will continue both real-time air monitoring and air sampling to provide the community with data on whether debris removal or other activities are impacting air quality,” said Deputy Director for Environmental Health Kathleen Ho. “It’s important ...
Read More Maui Air Monitoring and Sampling Shows Good Air Quality

Wailuku, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s (DOH) Maui Food Safety Branch issued a yellow “Conditional Pass” placard to Wei Wei BBQ & Noodle House today, allowing the establishment to reopen to the public.  The restaurant, owned and operated by Wei Wei BBQ & Noodle House, Inc., is located at 210 Imi Kala St. ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Health Reopens Wei Wei BBQ & Noodle House in Wailuku under Conditional Pass

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to secure up to $75 million for use by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS). Among the potential uses for this funding is that BWS can resume use of its Hālawa Shaft for drinking water production. DOH ...
Read More Department of Health and EPA Secure Federal Funding to Increase Supply of Safe Drinking Water

HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), Maternal and Child Health Branch (MCHB), received $295,000 in federal grant funds to support efforts to prevent maternal mortality and to support maternal mortality review committees. Maternal mortality rates in the United States are higher than in many other developed countries. Approximately 10 to 12 women die each year ...
Read More Department of Health receives federal grant to help reduce maternal mortality in Hawai‘i