HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 3 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2022: Attorney General Holly T. Shikada joined a group of 20 Attorneys General in filing a friend of the court brief supporting the federal government's efforts to regulate "ghost guns": unserialized, untraceable weapons that are often made at home and purchased without background checks. The new federal rule to regulate ghost guns--issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firea more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 3 -- Hawaii Attorney General Holly T. Shikada issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2022: In an opinion issued August 30, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found in favor of the Ho`opono program of the Department of Human Services Division for Vocational Rehabilitation. The Ho`opono program sued the Army for failing to provide business opportunities for the blind at the Schofield Barracks under the Randolph-Sheppard Act, a federal law more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 31 -- The Hawaii Department of Education issued the following news release: Educators at participating institutions will have access to instructor training. Students can also access self-paced online training courses and labs from AWS. This collaborative effort aims to establish a workforce talent pipeline from high school through higher education, with a short-term goal of training and certifying 150 learners by 2025. The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE), Un more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 3 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) to Helen Ferrer, Millicents Ferrer, and TLC for the Elderly LLC, for illegally operating an unlicensed care home located at 1863 Hookupa Street, Pearl City. Helen Ferrer, Millicents Ferrer, and TLC for the Elderly LLC, are ordered to cease and desist operations, transfer all residents to a licensed Adult Reside more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 2 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) recommends the use of the first bivalent booster vaccines designed specifically to protect against original COVID-19 and the most common forms of COVID-19 in Hawaii, the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants. The BA.5 subvariant accounts for an estimated 91% of the COVID-19 cases in Hawai'i. The BA.4 subvariant accounts for an additional 4% of the cases in Hawai'i.  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 3 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) are conducting a follow-up survey to learn more about the experience of people affected by the petroleum contamination in the U.S. Navy's Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam drinking water system. The survey, which follows an initial assessment conduc more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 1 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) is reporting that low levels of Tetrahydrofuran (THF) and 2-Butanone were recently detected for the first time in water samples collected at the Waiawa Correctional Facility on Oahu. The facility operates its own water system that is separate from other public water systems. While samples were collected throughout the facility, the chemicals were only dete more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 30 (TNSfund) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: The University of Hawaii at Hilo Upward Bound Program was recently awarded a new five-year Math & Science grant totaling $1,488,005 through the U.S. Department of Education Federal TRIO Programs to support Hawaii Island high school students in their preparation for college entrance. The Upward Bound Math and Science program is designed to strengthen the math and science skills of participating st more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 1 (TNSawa) -- The University of Hawaii Cancer Center issued the following news: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has chosen University of Hawaii Cancer Center researcher and interim director Loic Le Marchand as the recipient of the 2022 Distinguished Lectureship on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities. Le Marchand will present his award lecture during the opening session of the 15th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Rac more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: While many people know that rat lungworm disease can be spread to humans by slugs and snails, new research shows those creatures are not the only ones that have been transmitting the illness. Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of London, UK, combed through nearly 140 scientific studies published between 1962-2022 and found 32 species of freshwater prawns/shrimp,  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: With updated COVID-19 boosters being recommended to provide increased protection against the circulating omicron variant, a new paper by University of Hawaii at Manoa and Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC) researchers is shedding light on who is getting booster shots in Hawaii, and how trust and consumption of different information sources affect that decision. The paper, "Dynamics more PR