AUBURN, Alabama, Feb. 17 (TNSJou) -- Auburn University issued the following news article: Kayleigh Chalkowski, a doctoral student in the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, is leading a research study that's making important discoveries about the scope of disease caused by a deadly parasite spread by feral cat populations--not just in Kauai, Hawaii, where the study took place--but worldwide. The study, published recently in Pacific Conservation Biology, has public healt more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 12 -- Gov. David Ige, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Gov. David Ige has issued an 18th emergency proclamation for COVID-19, extending the eviction moratorium for another 60 days. The moratorium prohibits evictions of tenants for failure to pay all or a portion of the rent, maintenance fees, utility charges, taxes or other required fees for the rental unit. The proclamation also includes mention of an anticipated new exception for vaccinated travelers that w more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 16 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii has awarded a total of $145,000 in grant funding to 2 organizations on Maui working to feed individuals and families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, Maui County experienced the highest unemployment rate in the state, underscoring the damaging socioeconomic impact COVID-19 has had on a county heavily reliant on tourism. Maui Food Bank, which went from serving 10,000 people  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 16 -- Kaiser Permanente issued the following news release: The state's largest integrated health care provider held its second large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event at Mapunapuna Medical Office on Saturday, February 13, administering more than 2,200 COVID-19 vaccine doses. The event was part of Kaiser Permanente's vaccination rollout in Hawaii, prioritizing older people and some essential workers, according to phase 1b guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and more PR

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, Feb. 16 -- Marywood University issued the following news release: Tyler McAlpine, senior aviation management/professional pilot/flight operations major, is accustomed to working hard in and out of the classroom. Ambitious and determined are two words that best describe Tyler, who, after completing his service as a Marine Corps sergeant, began researching aviation programs throughout the country. When finished with his Marine Corps service, Tyler picked up and moved from more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: After a six-month journey, Perseverance, the most sophisticated rover NASA has ever sent to Mars, will land on the red planet. Along with people around the world, scientists and students at the University of Hawaii at Manoa eagerly await this milestone, scheduled for February 18, 2021 around 10:30 a.m. HST. People can join the watch party for the landing online. Since being selected for the NASA i more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 20 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Roland Casamina, founder and CEO of House of Finance, Inc., and founding president of the Filipino Community Center, has made a generous gift of $250,000 to renovate and rename the Undergraduate Leadership Center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Shidler College of Business after Casamina. The Leadership Center will give students a professional space to meet, strategize and plan student-related activitie more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Feb. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: For many Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders with chronic health conditions, health interventions should include their family members or close friends, according to University of Hawaii at Manoa public health research. The paper is published in Chronic Illness. Researchers led by Tetine Sentell, director of the Office of Public Health Studies in the Thompson School of Social Work & Public more PR