ʻAIEA, HI – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Underground Storage Tank (UST) Section has issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) against the Hawai‘i Department of Public Safety (PSD), which operates Hālawa Correctional Facility, located in ʻAiea, for UST violations. DOH inspectors conducted an investigation on June 24, 2022, when an unregistered 1,000-gallon ...
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HONOLULU, HI – The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health (DOH) will host an open house and conduct a Fuel Tank Advisory Committee (FTAC) meeting next week to address environmental contamination from the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. Representatives from DOH, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Joint Task Force-Red Hill, Navy Region Hawaiʻi, the Naval ...
Read More Department of Health to host Red Hill open house, Fuel Tank Advisory Committee meeting June 5 and 6, 2023
HONOLULU, HI – More than 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day and become eligible to sign up for Medicare; however, Medicare loses an estimated $70 billion each year due to fraud. These fraudulent activities affect older adults, their families, and caregivers across the state and nation, often costing time, money, and well-being. “Medicare fraud is ...
Read More Medicare Fraud Prevention Week: June 5 – 11, 2023
HONOLULU, HI – June 1, 2023 marks the start of the 2023 Central Pacific hurricane season, and the Department of Health (DOH) Public Health Nursing Branch (PHNB) is gearing up to prepare Hawai‘i’s communities alongside CVS Longs Drugs. Public health nurses will be visiting numerous CVS Longs Drugs locations from June 1 through 30, 2023, ...
Read More Public health nurses to promote disaster preparedness in collaboration with local partners
LĪHUʻE, HI – The Department of Health (DOH) Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the emergency preparedness level and current wellbeing of Kauaʻi households. “The responses will build upon prior CASPER surveys to assess household emergency preparedness and evacuation plans, as well as ...
Read More Kaua‘i District Health Office to conduct CASPER survey to assess emergency preparedness and ongoing pandemic impacts
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.” ...
Read More Department of Health Recognizes Emergency Medical Service Providers During EMS Week
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 ...
Read More DOH to Review Updated Red Hill Defueling Plan
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. ...
Read More PFAS Detected in Kaʻamilo Wells Pumping Station
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 ...
Read More Ocean users urged to avoid waters near Kailua Wastewater Treatment Plant
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 ...
Read More Wear Green on Fridays and Display Green Throughout May to Celebrate and Support Mental Health Month!
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 ...
Read More Department of Health announces second O‘ahu measles case
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 ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Health deploys new medication dosing system statewide to enhance pediatric emergency care
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 ...
Read More Seniors now eligible for additional COVID-19 bivalent booster dose, COVID vaccine recommendations simplified
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 ...
Read More Hawai‘i Department of Health gives Cheeseburger in Paradise in Lahaina permission to reopen
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 ...
Read More Hawai’i Department of Health issues red placard to Cheeseburger In Paradise