HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring a positive wastewater sample for measles virus, the first wastewater detection of the virus for Kauaʻi County. The sample was collected Sept. 24, 2025, at a site in East Kauaʻi County and DOH was notified of the result on Oct. 20, 2025. No suspected measles ...
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HONOLULU — Low levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were detected in water samples collected at the Kulaʻimano Well A of the Pepeʻekeo water system, Public Water System HI0000106, owned by the Hawaiʻi County Department of Water Supply (DWS). Kulaʻimano Well A serves Pepeʻekeo area of the island of Hawaiʻi. The detections of Perfluorooctane ...
Read More LOW LEVELS OF PFAS DETECTED IN PEPEʻEKEO WATER SYSTEM
HILO, Hawaiʻi — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) issued a red “closed” placard and immediately shut down White Guava Cafe, located at 54 E. Pūʻainakō St., in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island, due to a roach infestation and multiple critical food safety violations. The food establishment, operated by AJ & Sons Catering, LLC, received a ...
Read More DOH CLOSES WHITE GUAVA CAFE FOR ROACH INFESTATION AND MULTIPLE CRITICAL FOOD SAFETY VIOLATIONS
Take a Quiz to See if Your Child is at Increased Risk of Lead Exposure HONOLULU — Lead is a toxic metal that is dangerous to your health at any age — and there is no known safe level of lead in the blood. Oct. 19 to 25 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and ...
Read More OCTOBER 19-25 IS NATIONAL LEAD POISONING PREVENTION WEEK
HAWAI‘I — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is alerting residents of a recall issued by Meadow Gold Dairy for half-pint sized chocolate milk marked with an October 16, 2025, expiration date. The chocolate milk, made and packaged out of state, is being voluntarily recalled due to potential quality control issues. Approximately 70,000 units were ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC TO RECALL OF MEADOW GOLD HALF-PINT CHOCOLATE MILK
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) against Wailehua I, LLC for discharging soil and other construction materials into wetlands, which are considered state waters, without state permits and DOH authorization. “Wetlands are critical to Hawaiʻi’s environment,” said Kathleen Ho, Deputy Director for Environmental Health. “Wetlands ...
Read More DOH ISSUES .4 MILLION FINE TO WAILEHUA I, LLC FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE INTO WETLANDS, A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE
HONOLULU — Three state agencies are on alert after laboratory testing identified a presumptive case of avian influenza on Friday in an ailing duck that was found earlier in the week at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Preliminary testing of the bird revealed an unconfirmed result of the H5 subtype of influenza A virus. ...
Read More DOH, DAB, DLNR INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE AVIAN FLU CASE IN WATERFOWL
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of neuroangiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease, in an adult on the island of Kaua‘i. Rat lungworm disease is known to be endemic in all islands of the state of Hawai‘i. This individual had no history of travel to other neighbor islands, or outside ...
Read More RAT LUNGWORM DISEASE DETECTED ON KAUAʻI
HONOLULU — Low levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were detected in water samples collected at the Pearl City Wells I Pump #2 of the Honolulu-Windward-Pearl Harbor water system, as well as Public Water System HI0000331, owned by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS). Pearl City Wells I Pump #2 serves the Pearl ...
Read More LOW LEVELS OF PFAS DETECTED IN HONOLULU-WINDWARD-PEARL HARBOR WATER SYSTEM
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by Demers Food Group for select lots of Scott & Jon’s Shrimp Scampi with Linguini product, due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. The shrimp scampi product contains a recalled linguini pasta ingredient supplied by Nate’s ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT SCOTT & JON’S SHRIMP SCAMPI WITH LINGUINI DUE TO POTENTIAL LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of mumps in an individual on Hawaiʻi Island. The case is community-acquired and not travel-related, suggesting that mumps may currently be circulating on the island. The individual attended an event at Harold H. Higashihara Park in Kailua-Kona on Thursday, Sept. 25, between 4:30 and ...
Read More DOH CONFIRMS CASE OF MUMPS IN HAWAIʻI COUNTY
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, providing essential nutrition services and food benefits to qualifying families. All scheduled appointments, nutrition education and benefit issuance services are proceeding as normal. “While we closely monitor the ...
Read More HAWAIʻI WIC CLINICS REMAIN OPEN AND FOOD BENEFITS ARE FULLY AVAILABLE
HONOLULU — Vaccination rates among kindergartners in Hawaiʻi improved for the 2024-2025 school year compared to the 2023-2024 school year. However, religious exemptions continue to increase across grades K-12. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hawaiʻi kindergartner vaccination rates have been improving over the past three years, but ...
Read More STUDENT IMMUNIZATION RATES SHOW MIXED RESULTS
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents of a recall issued by Georgia Nut Company (GNC), a third-party manufacturer for Tru Fru, LLC for its Tru Fru brand Freeze Dried products, because of the potential presence of metal in the product. The recalled products were distributed ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT TRU FRU FREEZE DRIED FRUIT PRODUCTS DUE TO METAL HAZARD
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a frozen shrimp recall issued by Sea Port Products Corp of its Sea Port brand Raw Frozen Easy Peel White Shrimp Jumbo size 16/20, because of possible Cesium-137 contamination. This is the second recall HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT SEA PORT PRODUCTS CORP RECALL OF RAW FROZEN SHRIMP DUE TO POSSIBLE CESIUM-137 CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU – Hawaiʻi has been recognized as one of the top states in the nation for mental health, according to the 2025 State of Mental Health in America report released by Mental Health America. The annual report, which ranks states based on 17 measures of prevalence and access to care, highlights Hawaiʻi’s strong performance in ...
Read More HAWAIʻI RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL LEADER IN MENTAL HEALTH IN NEW REPORT
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a nationwide recall issued by Southwind Foods, LLC of certain Sand Bar, Arctic Shores, Best Yet, Great American and First Street frozen shrimp products, because of possible Cesium-137 contamination. Cesium-137 was detected in a single shipment of imported frozen ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT SOUTHWIND FOODS, LLC RECALL OF FROZEN SHRIMP DUE TO POSSIBLE CESIUM-137 CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by Sprout Organics of its 3.5-ounce Sweet Potato Apple and Spinach pouches because of potentially elevated levels of lead. The recalled product was distributed nationwide, including in Walgreens retail stores in Hawai‘i. FDB is working with ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT SPROUT ORGANICS RECALL OF SWEET POTATO APPLE AND SPINACH POUCHES DUE TO POTENTIALLY ELEVATED LEVELS OF LEAD
HONOLULU — Do you need an official copy of your immunization record? A new online public portal from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Immunization Branch offers a free, secure way for individuals, parents and legal guardians to access, print or download official immunization records. This official record can be used as proof of immunization for school, ...
Read More DOH LAUNCHES ONLINE PUBLIC PORTAL ON NEW HAWAIʻI STATE IMMUNIZATION SYSTEM
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH), along with the Washington State Department of Health, California Department of Public Health and the Oregon Health Authority, issued the following statement in response to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting this week. “At the September 18-19 ACIP meeting, committee members did not employ standard ...
Read More WCHA STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO ACIP MEETING