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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Health (DOH) will be holding free H1N1 vaccination clinics on the Big Island throughout the month of April. The clinics will be at two locations, one in Hilo and the other in Kona, and anyone who has not yet received the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine should make an appointment […]

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Shots available for students, faculty and staff at participating schools across Big Island

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Health has begun placing orders with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza vaccine.   The CDC has approximately 3 million initial doses of nasal-spray flu vaccine LAIV (FluMist®) available to the nation in this first series of shipments to all states that […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Anyone with asthma is at higher risk for flu-related complications, such as pneumonia. Along with everyone else, if you have asthma you should: * wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after coughing or sneezing; * cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing and throw the […]

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MEDIA RELEASE CDC’s health information is now available on your mobile device.  Visit m.cdc.gov on your mobile phone or PDA for information on seasonal flu, H1N1 flu, public health emergencies, and more. Sign up now to have important CDC information about H1N1 flu and other topics delivered directly to your mobile phone.  This site is […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Updated federal guidelines offer state and local public health and school officials a range of options for responding to 2009 H1N1 influenza in schools, depending on how severe the flu may be in their communities.  The guidance says officials should balance the risk of flu in their communities with the disruption that school […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Health has confirmed novel H1N1 influenza infection likely contributed to underlying medical conditions that caused the death of an adult in her late 60’s on June 19 at Tripler Army Medical Center.   The Oahu resident is the first death in Hawaii associated with the new flu strain and […]

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Media releases compiled by Baron Sekiya/Hawaii247.com In their weekly Novel H1N1 Flu report the Hawaii Department of Health reported 205 new confirmed cases in the state. This brings to total number of confirmed cases in the state of Hawaii to 503 on Wednesday (June 24). The DOH no longer releases the case numbers by counties. […]

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Media Releases compiled by Baron Sekiya/Hawaii247.com Hawaii’s number of confirmed cases increased by four today (May 19) bringing the total to 30. As of May 19, 2009, 5 a.m. HST the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 48 states have 5,469 confirmed cases (not including today’s four new Hawaii cases) and six deaths. As […]

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Media Releases compiled by Baron Sekiya/Hawaii247.com Hawaii’s number of confirmed cases increased by five today (May 18) bringing the total to 26. As of May 18, 2009, 5 a.m. HST the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 48 states have reported 5, 123 cases (not including today’s five new Hawaii cases) and five deaths. As of May 17, 2009, 8 […]

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Media releases compiled by Baron Sekiya/Hawaii247.com The Hawaii State Department of Health reported six confirmed cases of novel H1N1 Flu today bringing the total number of cases to 21. As of May 15, 2009 5 a.m. HST the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 4,714 confirmed cases (not counting 11 new Hawaii cases since […]

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Media releases compiled by Baron Sekiya/Hawaii247.com The Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) today reported four additional confirmed cases of novel H1N1 Influenza A (swine flu) to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Three of the cases were laboratory confirmed by the DOH State Laboratories Division, and one case was laboratory confirmed […]

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MEDIA RELEASE In response to the World Health Organization’s recent decision to increase the global pandemic alert level to Phase 5, North Hawaii Community Hospital has instituted hospital-wide precautionary measures aimed at keeping the community and its hospital workers healthy. John R. White, CEO of NHCH, said the measures are proactive and preventative, aimed at […]

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Media releases compiled by Karin Stanton/Hawaii247.com Contributing Editor According to the World Health Organization, 21 countries have officially reported 1085 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection as of Monday afternoon, May 4. At least 36 states have confirmed cases of the H1N1, as well. The United States has reported 279 laboratory confirmed human cases, including […]

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