BOCA RATON, Florida, June 12 -- Florida Atlantic University, a component of the state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: Skip the salt! Three species of vegetables from the sea could just be the new kale with the added benefit of a salty flavor. Researchers from Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute recently completed a 10-week study to determine the optimal growing conditions for three species of sea vegetables: sea asparagus (Salicor more PR

MIAMI, Florida, June 12 -- Florida International University, a component of the public university system in Florida, issued the following news: Underwater photographer Deron Verbeck was diving off the coast of Kona, Hawaii when he spotted an oceanic whitetip shark with strange scarring across its head and back. He snapped a photo of the shark with its scarring pattern of circles and dots that didn't look like teeth marks. Verbeck brought the photo to Yannis Papastamatiou, Demian Chapman and  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 12 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige approved a request from Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami to safely re-open more businesses, operations or activities under guidelines that will ensure the health, safety and welfare of the people of Kauai county, effective June 16, 2020. The mayor's Emergency Rules #12 specifies conditions under which the following may open: * Certain accommodations * Bars and bar top services In addition, the  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 12 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige signed a ninth supplementary emergency proclamation that extends the COVID-19 emergency period through July 31. The emergency proclamation lifts the quarantine requirement for inter-island travelers effective 12:01 a.m. on June 16, 2020. However, it also leaves in place the quarantine requirement for out-of-state travelers. The governor has the authority to make exemptions for transit cor more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 13 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: Another sign that Hawaii is moving into a new phase of the battle against COVID-19 is Moanalua Medical Center's easing of restrictions to now allow patients to have one visitor each day. "It's been difficult for patients and families separated by the COVID-19 safety precautions," said Linda Puu, RN, vice president of Quality, Safety and Care Experience at Kaiser Permanente Hawaii. "We're pleased to be able to all more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 9 -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: The University of Hawaii Cancer Center's Hawaii Tumor Registry released updated cancer statistics in a publication, "Hawaii Cancer at a Glance, 2012-2016." The publication's contents include data on cancer incidence and mortality in the state of Hawaii. Hawaii is a diverse state in its geography, as well as in its demographics. In addition to having no ethnic majority, it has the highest proportion of more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 11 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A team of undergraduate students from the University of Hawaii at Hilo Computer Science Department and the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Engineering was recently awarded with the Best Visualization Showcase Award for the upcoming 2020 Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing (PEARC) Conference for its work on integrating three-dimensional models of Hawaiian coral reefs into an immer more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 10 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii Cancer Center's Hawaii Tumor Registry released updated cancer statistics in Hawaii Cancer at a Glance, 2012-2016, which includes data on cancer incidence and mortality in the state of Hawaii. The report shows that breast cancer remains the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women, while prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. Hawaii's liver and stomach cancer inci more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 8 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii System-Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) Contact Tracing Training Program kicks off its first cohort of trainees on Monday, June 8. The first pilot group will have 16 trainees in a free, online one-and-a-half day training for clinical healthcare professionals. The program as a whole expects to train 320 contact tracers by mid-July 2020 as well as hundreds more in the next yea more PR