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$3.76M gift establishes JABSOM’s first fellowship to tackle liver disease
A $3.76 million gift from John C. Couch will establish the first-ever gastroenterology and hepatology fellowship program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) that will train physicians to treat liver diseases, including cancer, in the islands.
Hawaiʻi attorney general urges FDA to test for lead, other toxic metals in baby food
Hawaiʻi Attorney General Anne Lopez, along with a coalition of 20 attorneys general, urged the US Food and Drug Administration to take decisive action to safeguard infants and young children across the nation from exposure to lead and other harmful metals in baby food.