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Hawaii's Confirmed Cases of Dengue Fever Increases to 11

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Molly Solomon

Published November 4, 2015 at 8:07 AM HST

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Dengue fever is back in Hawai‘i. So far, the number of confirmed cases has jumped to 11, all of them acquired locally on the Big Island. HPR’s Molly Solomon has the latest.

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Molly Solomon joined HPR in May 2012 as an intern for the morning talk show The Conversation. She has since worn a variety of hats around the station, doing everything from board operator to producer.

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