HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) joins Governor Josh Green, M.D. in proclaiming May 21-27, 2023, as Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week. Through their dedication and service, Hawai‘i’s EMS practitioners and professionals play a vital role in our communities. The theme for this year’s National EMS Week is, “Where Emergency Care Begins.” ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) today received an updated defueling plan for the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility (Supplement 2). The plan, submitted by Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH), moves up defueling to begin in October 2023. “We are encouraged by the updated Red Hill defueling timeline,” said Deputy Director ...
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HONOLULU, HI –The federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19, declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, will expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. As the PHE ends, high levels of vaccination, widespread population immunity, and available treatments have significantly reduced the risk of severe COVID-19 disease, ...
Read More Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 ends on May 11, 2023
HONOLULU – Chemicals known as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been detected for the first time in water samples collected at Ka‘amilo Wells Pumping Station, which is part of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply’s (BWS) Honolulu-Windward-Pearl Harbor water system (Public Water System HI0000331) and serves the central area of the island of O‘ahu. ...
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HONOLULU – In response to the U.S. Navy’s release of its investigation into the November 29, 2022 aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) spill at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) issued the following statement: “The release of the DOD’s investigation and video of the November AFFF spill ...
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HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is advising the public to avoid waters near the City and County of Honolulu Kailua Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant’s ocean outfall due to elevated levels of enterococcus bacteria. The Water Quality Advisory includes Kailua Bay. The City’s ongoing exceedances of the state’s permitted enterococcus bacteria limits ...
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HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch is warning residents of a voluntary national recall by General Mills of five-, and ten-pound bags of Gold Medal Unbleached All Purpose Flour and two- and five-pound bags of Gold Medal Bleached All Purpose Flour with a “better-if-used by” date of ...
Read More Gold Medal brand bleached and unbleached all-purpose flour sold in Hawai‘i recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination
Wear Green on Fridays and Display Green Throughout May to Celebrate and Support Mental Health Month!
HONOLULU – May is Mental Health Month! The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), Child & Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD), Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD), the Children’s Mental Health Acceptance (CMHA) Hui, and our community partners encourage Hawaiʻi residents to move beyond the term awareness and redefine mental health to foster acceptance and end ...
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HONOLULU – Chemicals known as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been detected for the first time in water samples collected at the Kunia Village Well 4, which is part of the Kunia Village water system (Public Water System HI0000303) and serves approximately 650 individuals on the leeward side of the island of O‘ahu. As ...
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KAHULUI, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health Office of Health Care Assurance (OHCA) issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) today to Bella Ariota, and/or Ariota, Frank & Bella Trust, for operating an unlicensed adult residential care home (ARCH) at 732 Pala Circle in Kahului, Maui. Health department inspectors conducted an investigation in ...
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HONOLULU, HI. The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of measles in an O‘ahu resident who was exposed to the previously confirmed case in an international traveler reported on April 10, 2023. DOH has identified and is reaching out to persons who may have been exposed to this second case. In a Medical ...
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HONOLULU, HI – The Emergency Medical Services Injury Prevention System Branch (EMSIPSB) of the Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) announces a new medication dosing system for county Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which prevents medication dosing errors in children. “We are excited to bring this cutting-edge technology to front line EMS clinicians in Hawai‘i. EMS personnel ...
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HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) supports the latest recommendations announced yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), allowing an additional dose of the bivalent booster against the virus that causes COVID-19 for individuals at increased risk for severe infection. CDC’s announcement also simplifies vaccination schedules to allow bivalent ...
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LAHAINA, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Food Safety Branch approved Cheeseburger in Paradise at 811 Front St. to reopen to the public today. A green “pass” placard was posted. The food establishment, operated by Cheeseburger in Paradise Inc., was closed yesterday due to the lack of hot water in the dishwashing machine. A ...
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WAILUKU, HI– The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch issued a red placard closing Cheeseburger In Paradise during a complaint inspection about lack of hot water on April 12, 2023. The food establishment was closed for lack of hot water at the dishwashing machine and not having another method available to wash and ...
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HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), Hawaiʻi Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program will host free lead testing at the Earth Day Cleanup Festival on Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Waimānalo Beach Park. Those interested can visit DOH’s lead testing station with soil, as well as toys, ...
Read More Free lead testing station at Waimānalo Beach Park for Earth Day Cleanup Festival
HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DOE), and University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), Curriculum Research & Development Group recently released high school and middle school data from the 2021 Hawai‘i Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for the state and all four counties. The Hawai‘i YRBS is a ...
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HONOLULU, HI ̶ The Department of Health (DOH) is investigating a case of confirmed measles in an unvaccinated O‘ahu resident returning from international travel. DOH has been able to identify those with known exposure to the case and is working with them to prevent spread of disease. In a Medical Advisory issued today, the DOH ...
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HONOLULU, HI – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) reports a rise in the rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations. The number of total positive COVID-19 hospitalizations has increased over the past week (3/26 – 4/4) from 39 to 74 patients, which is an 89.7% increase. “Our hospitals still have capacity”, says State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble. “However, ...
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HONOLULU, HI – Chemicals known as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been detected in water samples collected at the Honolulu Board of Water Supply’s (BWS) Moanalua Wells and Halawa Wells Pump 1 & 2 chlorinator. Both sources are part of the Honolulu-Windward-Pearl Harbor water system (Public Water System HI0000331). On March 14, 2023, EPA ...
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