Hawaii Department of Health officials today reported one new coronavirus-related death on Oahu and 98 new infections statewide, bringing the totals since the start of the pandemic to 132 fatalities and 12,116 cases. No further details were immediately available about the latest death. The Hawaii Department of Health has yet to officially count about a…
Hawaii Department of Health officials today reported two more coronavirus-related deaths on Oahu and 114 new infections statewide, bringing the state’s totals since the beginning of the pandemic to 99 fatalities and 10,700 COVID-19 cases. No further information was immediately provided about the latest deaths. A total of 86 deaths have been on Oahu, nine…
Hawaii island has had its first two coronavirus-related deaths following an outbreak at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. The home reported the deaths of the patients, who had underlying health conditions, today, according to Elena Cabatu, director of public affairs for the Hilo Medical Center, which owns the building where Avalon Health Care operates…
By HNN Staff | August 3, 2020 at 11:18 AM HST - Updated August 3 at 11:44 AM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii on Monday reported an alarming 207 new cases of COVID-19, another single-day record of new infections since the outbreak began. Of the new cases, the vast majority —198 — were on Oahu,…
Skip to content Lab testing/FILE (Source: Hawaii News Now/file) By Alexa Gutierrez | July 16, 2020 at 4:19 PM HST - Updated July 16 at 4:19 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two employees at Safeway in Hawaii Kai have tested positive for COVID-19, the company confirmed. One of the individuals last worked on June 29.…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have