HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has identified two additional probable case of monkeypox in Oahu residents. This brings the total number of cases in Hawaii to two confirmed and three probable. DOH has also identified connections between all five people. "The risk to most Hawaii residents remains low," said Deputy State Epidemiologist Dr. Nathan Tan. "Anyone who has close contact with someone w more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii at Hilo Upward Bound Program was recently awarded four new five-year grants totaling nearly $6 million through the U.S. Department of Education Federal TRIO Programs to support high school students in their preparation for college entrance. The programs and their grant awards include: * UH Hilo Upward Bound East Program ($1,488,005) with target high schools of Kea'au High more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on June 16, 2022: Asteroid Bennu's boulder-covered surface gives it protection against small meteoroid impacts, according to observations of craters by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The findings were reported in a study published in Nature Geoscience and co-authored by University of Hawaii at Manoa planetary geologist, David Trang. Bennu is a "rubble-pile" asteroid, meaning that it formed from the  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Almost a quarter of Hawaii nurses surveyed in a recent study considered leaving the workforce because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the University of Hawaii at Manoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing (NAWSON). The public impact research published in the May issue of the The Hawaii Journal of Health & Social Welfare was conducted in late 2020, nearly one year after the pandemic first  more PR