HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 13 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2021: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors today joined a multistate coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction in American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists et al. v. FDA et al., as they seek to ensure patients' safe access to medication abortions and miscarriage treatment via telehea more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 13 -- Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Clare E. Connors is joining Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring and 16 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing the importance of state and federal regulations that allow limited access to private property in order to protect the health and safety of workers and of the general public. The coalition filed today's am more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 12 (TNSRep) -- The University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy issued the following news release: A team, including an astronomer from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA), have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, making it the most distant object ever observed in our solar system. The planetoid, nicknamed "Farfarout," was first detected in 2018, and the team has now collected enough observations to pin dow more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 10 (TNSGra) -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii has donated $145,000 to 2 organizations focused on providing health care services to homeless individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hawaii Homeless Healthcare Hui on Oahu will receive a $50,000 grant award, and HOPE Services Hawaii will receive a $95,000 grant award. Hawaii Homeless Healthcare Hui, also known as H4, is a public-private partnership that operates the Pu more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University's College of Natural Science issued the following news: Coral reefs are beautiful and diverse ecosystems that power the economies of many coastal communities. They're also facing threats that are driving their decline, including the planet's warming waters. This threat hit extreme levels in 2015, when high temperatures were turning corals white around the globe. Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii was hit hard; nearly half of its corals bl more PR

EAST LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news release: Climate change is bleaching and killing corals, but researchers from MSU and the University of Hawaii are investigating how some can stand up to a warming world. Coral reefs are beautiful and diverse ecosystems that power the economies of many coastal communities. They're also facing threats that are driving their decline, including the planet's warming waters. This threat hit extreme level more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between Walt Disney and National Geographic Society, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2021: National Geographic, with Scott Free Productions and 20th Television, announced that Harry Hamlin ("Mad Men," "Shameless") and Dylan Baker ("The Good Wife," "Hunters") will join the cast of the next installment of the scripted anthology series THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX, alongside the previously announced Tony Goldwyn ("King Rich more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 9 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: An associate professor with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene (SONDH) will lead Hawaii in a nationwide initiative to improve oral health. Deborah Mattheus has been selected as one of the first six Oral Health State Champions as part of the Center for Integration of Primary Care and Oral Health (CIPCOH) 100 Million Mouths Campaign (100 MMC). The campaign is working with  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 11 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A team, including an astronomer from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA), have confirmed a planetoid that is almost four times farther from the Sun than Pluto, making it the most distant object ever observed in our solar system. The planetoid, nicknamed "Farfarout," was first detected in 2018, and the team has now collected enough observations to pin down the orbit. The Minor Planet Cente more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 13 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Just as beneficial microbes in the human gut can be affected by antibiotics, diet interventions and other disturbances, the microbiomes of other animals can also be upset. In a rare study, a researcher with the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), determined the skin microbiome of an endangered frog was altered when the frogs were infected by a spe more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: A comprehensive review of the COVID-19 pandemic was published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology . The review was led by University of Hawaii Cancer Center researcher, Michele Carbone, MD, PhD, with contributions from national and international researchers. The article has been made accessible to the public. Article topics include origin, coronavirus background, detection, death rates, trans more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Turtles worldwide face a grim future and may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of habitat destruction and climate change. That's one of the major findings from a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by a University of Hawaii at Manoa researcher. UH Manoa's School of Life Sciences Associate Professor Robert Thomson said that many habitats that have been cri more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Coral reefs are facing threats that are driving their decline, including the planet's warming waters. This threat hit record levels in 2015, when high temperatures were turning corals white around the globe. In particular, Kaneohe Bay was hit hard with nearly half of its corals bleached. Hidden in the aftermath of this extreme event were biochemical clues as to why some corals bleached while other more PR