WCHA disagrees with CDC’s Advisory Committee’s change to decades-long vaccine recommendation that has reduced pediatric Hepatitis B infections by 99% HONOLULU — The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) strongly supportsthat hepatitis B vaccination continue to be routinely offered to all newborns, with the first dose of the vaccine given within 24 hours of birth for ...
Read More WCHA, DOH, LEADING NATIONAL MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND HEPATITIS B VACCINATION FOR NEWBORNS
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HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has been notified of a second detection of measles virus in wastewater from West Maui County. The latest positive sample was collected Nov. 30, 2025 and was tested through the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS). This follows an earlier detection of measles virus in Maui wastewater from ...
Read More DOH REPORTS SECOND WASTEWATER DETECTION OF MEASLES IN MAUI COUNTY
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch has issued a Notice of Violation and Order against GFL Tea LLC, doing business as Sun Tea Mix, located at 400 Keawe St., for unlawfully removing a yellow placard issued on July 30, 2025. The facility was fined $2,000 for intentionally removing the posted ...
Read More DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUES ,000 FINE FOR REMOVING YELLOW PLACARD
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by The Ambriola Company for select lots of cheese products, sold under the Locatelli, Boar’s Head and Member’s Mark brand names, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The recalled products were distributed nationwide, including ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT RECALL OF POPULAR CHEESE PRODUCTS FOR POTENTIAL LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Harm Reduction Services Branch (HRSB) is pleased to announce Kunane Dreier as the recipient of the 2025 Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award. The award will be presented during the annual World AIDS Day ceremony at Church of Crossroads in Honolulu, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1. ...
Read More DOH ANNOUNCES RECIPIENT OF 2025 SUZANNE RICHMOND-CRUM AWARD ON WORLD AIDS DAY
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring a positive wastewater sample for the measles virus, the first-ever wastewater detection of the virus for Maui County. The samples were collected Nov. 18, 2025, at two sites in Central and West Maui County, and tested through the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS). The virus detected is the naturally occurring type that ...
Read More DOH MONITORING FIRST WASTEWATER DETECTION OF MEASLES IN MAUI COUNTY
HONOLULU — The West Coast Health Alliance continues to strongly recommend vaccines to protect our children, noting that rigorous research of millions of people in multiple countries over decades provides high quality evidence that vaccines are not linked to autism. The Alliance is deeply concerned about inaccurate claims to the contrary recently posted on the federal ...
Read More WEST COAST HEALTH ALLIANCE STANDS WITH SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE: VACCINES ARE NOT LINKED TO AUTISM
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has identified a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to 14 in the state in 2025 (one on Maui, 13 on Oʻahu). The affected individual in this current case was exposed to the virus while traveling in a ...
Read More DOH REPORTS 14TH TRAVEL-RELATED DENGUE VIRUS CASE OF 2025
HONOLULU — Trace levels of selenium have been detected for the first time in water samples collected from the County of Maui Department of Water Supply’s Lahaina water system (Public Water System HI0000214), which serves the Lahaina and Napili-Honokōwai areas on the island of Maui. The detections of selenium are below the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
Read More TRACE LEVELS OF SELENIUM DETECTED IN LAHAINA WATER SYSTEM
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation (OMCCR) amended Chapter (Interim Rules) 11-850 Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules (HAR) regarding medical cannabis dispensaries to improve the medical cannabis patient experience and to provide for the protection of the health and safety of qualifying patients and the general public. The ...
Read More DOH UPDATES HAR CHAPTER (INTERIM RULES) 11-850, MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch authorized the reopening of Chef Chai, issuing a green “pass” placard after its new owner applied for and received a food establishment permit. Chef Chai received a red placard on Nov. 12 for operating without a valid food establishment permit. The restaurant, located at ...
Read More DOH AUTHORIZES REOPENING OF CHEF CHAI IN HONOLULU
HILO, Hawaiʻi — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch authorized the reopening of White Guava Cafe, issuing a green “pass” placard during a follow-up inspection on Nov. 13. White Guava Cafe received a red placard on Oct. 16. The food establishment, located at 54 E. Pūʻainakō St., in Hilo, is operated by ...
Read More DOH AUTHORIZES REOPENING OF WHITE GUAVA CAFE IN HILO
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch (FSB) issued a red placard and immediately shut down Chef Chai, located at 1009 Kapiʻolani Blvd. On arrival for a routine inspection on Nov. 12, the inspector discovered that the establishment has a new owner and does not have a valid food establishment permit. The food establishment, operated by Pomaikai Culinary ...
Read More DOH ISSUES RED PLACARD TO CHEF CHAI
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents that all ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula products have been recalled by ByHeart Inc. due to potential contamination by Clostridium botulinum. The recalled products are under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the agency has ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC TO EXPANDED BYHEART INFANT FORMULA RECALL
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by ByHeart Inc. for select lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula product, due to potential contamination of Clostridium botulinum. The recalled product is under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT RECALL OF BYHEART INFANT FORMULA DUE TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU — To protect public health, ensure consumer transparency and maintain the integrity of the local hemp marketplace, the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation (OMCCR) is launching an outreach and education initiative to encourage voluntary compliance among hemp retailers and distributors, including online and out-of-state businesses. Act 269, ...
Read More DOH LAUNCHES OUTREACH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE AHEAD OF 2026 HEMP RETAIL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by Moonlight Companies for its Moonlight yellow and white peaches due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes identified in the packing facility environment. The recalled product was distributed nationwide between Sept. 16, 2025 and Oct. ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC TO MOONLIGHT COMPANIES RECALL OF ITS YELLOW AND WHITE PEACHES DUE TO POTENTIAL LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch (FSB) issued Leonard Jr’s Hot Malasadas & Expresso (359 WEN) a green placard and approved its reopening after a follow-up inspection found that all critical food safety violations were corrected. Leonard Jr’s Hot Malasadas & Expresso, located at Waikele Shopping Center, had received a ...
Read More DOH APPROVES REOPENING OF LEONARD JR’S HOT MALASADAS & EXPRESSO IN WAIKELE
Families in Need of Food Assistance Encouraged to Apply HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program announces that WIC clinics across the state will remain open and fully operational during the federal government shutdown. This includes continued services and open enrollment for new participants. “As more Hawaiʻi families ...
Read More HAWAIʻI WIC CLINICS AND ENROLLMENT REMAIN OPEN
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) authorized the reopening of Leonard Jr’s Hot Malasadas & Expresso (359 WEN) at Waikele Center, 95 Lumiʻāina St. on O‘ahu, after issuing a red placard on Oct. 28, 2025. The food establishment, operated by Frank Leonard Rego, Jr., initially received a red placard and was shut down ...
Read More DOH ISSUES RED PLACARD TO LEONARD JR’S HOT MALASADAS & EXPRESSO IN WAIKELE