HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 18 -- Gov. Josh Green, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release on July 17, 2023: Governor Josh Green, M.D., today signed the much-anticipated Emergency Proclamation on Housing (EP) that will accelerate relief from the statewide housing crisis. The EP will speed the safe construction of thousands of critically needed, public, low-income, affordable, workforce, and market-rate for-sale and rental units for Hawaii residents across the state, while ensuring careful stewar more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 20 -- The Hawaii Department of Health issued the following news release: Expanded screening and treatment is needed to address the increasing rate of syphilis cases in women and newborns in Hawai'i, according to the Department of Health. The continuing rise of cases in women and congenital syphilis is alarming and requires immediate attention. "All sexually active people with risk factors for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) should be regularly tested for syphilis  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A University of Hawai'i at Hilo faculty member has a new study on cytokinesis featured in this month's Science Signaling. Dr. Li Tao, associate professor in biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, is corresponding author of "Centralspindlin-mediated transport of RhoGEF positions the cleavage plane for cytokinesis," which positions centralspindlin as an ideal target for anti-cancer  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A new tool uses facial recognition technology to identify individual whales and dolphins in the wild across 24 species. The research was led by University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology PhD student Philip Patton and published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution. "From a conservation standpoint it is really useful to be able to recognize the same individuals over t more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, July 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: A local 'ohana of like-minded ocean lovers, scientists, water enthusiasts and fishers launched Fish Pono--Save Our Reefs, a public education campaign with the vision of bringing awareness to the importance of replenishing herbivore fish populations to foster healthy coral reefs. Five University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty, staff and alumni are supporting this effort. Fish Pono scientific  more PR