NewsDesk @bactiman63 Federal health officials report investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A linked to frozen organic strawberries imported from certain farms located in Baja California, Mexico, by a...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Expanded screening and treatment is needed to address the increasing rate of syphilis cases in women and newborns in Hawai‘i, according to the Department of Health. The continuing...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Hawaii 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...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Hawaii state health officials report investigating a case of confirmed measles in an unvaccinated O‘ahu resident returning from international travel. The Department of Health (DOH)...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) announced Friday on the first pediatric flu death of the season. Hawai’i’s last pediatric death from influenza occurred in January 2020....

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The rat lungworm parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is typically transmitted to humans via ingestion of snails or slugs.  A recent study published in One Health shows more than...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) reported Friday that it has identified three additional cases of monkeypox. This brings the total number of cases in Hawaiʻi to eleven. Two...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the Legionnaires’ disease cases linked to The Grand Islander by Hilton Grand Vacations located in Waikiki, The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) confirmed a...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ disease in guests who stayed at The Grand Islander by Hilton Grand Vacations located in Waikiki. DOH...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 Hawaii state health officials report investigating a probable case of mumps in South Kona on the Big Island. The individual is unvaccinated with no history of travel or exposure...