HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 17 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) is reporting four additional monkeypox cases in Hawaii and expanding JYNNEOS vaccination eligibility for prevention of monkeypox. "As more vaccine doses become available, we are expanding vaccine eligibility to communities that have been disproportionately impacted by this outbreak and individuals who are at risk for severe illness," said Deputy State Epidemiolo more PR

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news story: From Peru to Louisiana to Hawaii, Romina Carnero, '22 with a master's in biology, exemplifies what hard work and the Fulbright Program make possible for students! Romina discovered a passion for marine animals while studying biology as an undergraduate in Lima, spending her time outside of class working with a rescue group that helped rehabilitate common bottlenose dolphins. more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 19 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release: Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada has reached an agreement in principle with opioid maker Endo International plc and its lenders that would provide up to $450 million to participating states and local governments, ban promotion of Endo's opioids, and require Endo to turn over millions of documents related to its role in the opioid crisis for publication in a public online archive. Th more PR

LIHUE, Hawaii, Aug. 18 (TNSres) -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Department of Health's (DOH) Kauai District Health Office released the preliminary report of its July Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) survey to assess the community's perception of Kauai's COVID-19 response efforts and current emergency preparedness level. "The results of this survey show us that Kauai residents continue to feel the impact of the COVID-1 more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 19 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) is reporting two additional cases of monkeypox. "While the risk to most Hawaii residents remains low, local transmission of monkeypox is occurring," said Deputy State Epidemiologist Dr. Nathan Tan. "The growing number of cases in Hawaii underscores the importance of vaccination--if you are eligible, please take this step to protect yourself and our community."  more PR

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: This summer, students from as far east as Georgia and as far west as Hawaii have converged on South Dakota State University's campus to get hands-on research experience. The Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering was selected as a Research Experience for Undergraduates site for the third consecutive time, with $400,730 in funding being provided by the National Science Foundation. Stephen Gent,  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: What does our universe look like at the largest size scales? A team of researchers from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) and Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary has produced a massive new catalog of high-fidelity distance estimates to more than 350 million galaxies, revealing the soap-bubble structure of the universe in detail. The team used data from UH's Panoramic Survey T more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A University of Hawaii at Manoa project to digitize tens of thousands of plant specimens from Hawaii, across the vast Pacific Ocean and around the world, received a major boost by the National Science Foundation. The three-year, $148,882 grant will help School of Life Sciences Assistant Professor Karolina Heyduk and her team to digitize and catalog more than 55,000 plant specimens, many of which ar more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 16 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A blessing was held at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Shidler College of Business on August 11 to celebrate the completed renovation of the Tom W.S. Hee Undergraduate Computer Room into a state-of-the-art facility. The $600,000 lab renovation was funded from the estate of Clifford and Blanche Hee and named in honor of their son Tom Hee, who was an admired alumnus of the college and an accompl more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 19 (TNSeco) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii Board of Regents (BOR) on August 18, 2022, approved a $30 million capital improvement project to expand the seating capacity at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, the UH football team home field, from 9,300 up to 17,000 seats. The project includes a new location for the UH women's track because the expansion requires the new grandstands to be placed on the existing  more PR