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Each year in the United States more than 15,780 children from birth to 19 years old are diagnosed with cancer—more than 43 diagnoses each day.

Craniofacial disorder refers to deformities that affect the head and facial bones which may be present at birth or result from disease or trauma.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are a group of a complex range of disabilities that can occur in an individual exposed to alcohol before birth.

Suicide is one of the most tragic events a family and community can experience, and among the top nine leading causes of death for people ages 10-64 in the United ...
Read More Suicide Prevention Month (September 2022)

HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency (HI-EMA) launched its public outreach campaign for National Preparedness Month today with the first in a series of three animated video public service announcements ...
Read More NEWS RELEASE: HI-EMA LAUNCHES NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH CAMPAIGN WITH SERIES OF ANIMATED VIDEOS ON HURRICANE READINESS: “DON’T GET SCARED; GET PREPARED”

HONOLULU – The Hawaii State Capitol had power restored today following internal equipment failure that caused loss of power beginning Saturday, August 27. The Department of Accounting and General Services ...
Read More DAGS PRESS RELEASE: HAWAII STATE CAPITOL POWER RESTORATION

(Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park) – Today, eighty coral scientists, researchers, biologists, and managers from around the country received an up close and personal observation of the health of coral ...
Read More DLNR News Release – U.S. CORAL REEF TASK FORCE MEMBERS TOUR HARD-HIT HAWAI‘I CORAL ECOSYSTEM, August 31, 2022

HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi 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 ...
Read More DOH News Release: Trace levels of contaminants detected in Waiawa Correctional Facility water system

For photos click here. HONOLULU – Gov. David Ige and First Lady Dawn Amano-Ige today visited the Hiroshima Prefectural Library where they joined Japanese dignitaries in signing a Sister-Library Agreement between ...
Read More Governor’s Office – News Release – First sister library relationship established between Hawaiʻi and Hiroshima Prefecture

HONOLULU – The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) released its third quarter 2022 Statistical and Economic Report today. DBEDT lowered Hawai‘i economic growth projections for 2022 and ...
Read More DBETD: NEWS RELEASE: DECLINING INVESTMENT DRIVES DOWN HAWAII ECONOMIC GROWTH