By Allyson Blair | July 16, 2020 at 4:13 PM HST - Updated July 16 at 5:40 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii is seeing the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 go up, in a worrisome trend public health officials say they’re watching closely. Health officials confirmed that 40 people were hospitalized with the…
NewsThe Hawai'i State Department of Health has traced 44 cases of COVID-19 on O'ahu to a single person.Monday, July 13th 2020, 11:42 PM HST by KITV Web StaffThe Hawai'i State Department of Health has traced 44 cases of COVID-19 on O'ahu to a single person.The state says 24 cases associated with a training program at Hawaiian Airlines…
COURTESY HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Hawaii health inspectors will begin shutting down restaurants and bars that do not adhere to rules meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The Department of Health Food Safety Branch will issue red placards, temporarily suspending the operations of restaurants, bars and other eateries that do not comply with…
A spike in coronavirus infections in Hawaii is continuing with 27 new confirmed cases today — the highest daily case count since April 4. The Health Department’s daily new case count has not been this high since April 4, when officials reported 32 cases. The new cases reported daily has never been over 34 in…
Hawaii has decided to extend its 14-day quarantine policy for all people who visit the state, the Associated Press reports. What’s the news: Hawaii Gov. David Ige said this week that Hawaii will extend its 14-day quarantine for all incoming travelers to help keep COVID-19 cases low within the islands, the AP reports. The new…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…