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Governor Lingle Delivers 8th and Final State of the State Address
Governor Linda Lingle delivered her eighth and final State of the State Address today. The governor outlined priorities for the legislative session including a specific proposal to change the state’s rainy day fund, renaming and revising it to a Fiscal Stabilization Fund to shield Hawaii in future years from the need to raise taxes during […]
Stop Flu At School Seasonal Clinics Start Today; H1N1 Clinics Begin In November
The state kicked off its stop flu at school campaign today with more than 68,000 students expected to participate at 334 school clinics across the state between now and December 3rd, 2009. The H1N1 flu vaccination clinics, meantime, are scheduled to begin in mid-November with parental consent forms to go out the week of October […]
KAUAI REPORTS FIRST SWINE FLU CASES; MAUI HAS ONE NEW CASE
The state Department of Health has confirmed 83 additional cases of the swine flu over the past week. The cases include 78 on Oahu, two each on Kauai and the Big Island, and a single case on Maui. The new cases bring to 198 the total number of confirmed cases in the state. The Maui […]
MAUI RESIDENT AMONG FOUR NEW CONFIRMED SWINE FLU CASES: STATEWIDE TOTAL RISES TO 10
A Maui Resident is one of four people from Hawaii added to the list of confirmed swine flu cases. The additional cases bring to 10 the total number of confirmed H1N1 virus confirmations in the state. The Maui Resident is an adult, who actually tested positive while in Washington State. The patient became ill while […]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CONFIRMS FIRST CASES OF H1N1 INFLUENZA A (SWINE-ORIGIN FLU)
The Hawai’i State Department of Health (DOH) received laboratory confirmation today from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on three cases of novel H1N1 Influenza A (swine-origin flu). The three confirmed cases are O’ahu residents; two are adults, one with recent travel to Texas and the other becoming ill after exposure to […]
