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The Hawaiʻi Department of Health said the child recently returned from international travel with their parents and is now recovering at home. DOH said it is reaching out to those who may have been in contact.

The state Health Department is urging Hawaiʻi residents to stay vigilant and get vaccinated as measles cases continue to rise in the continental U.S. and internationally.

To learn more about avian influenza awareness and preparedness, the Hawaiʻi Department of Health is inviting residents to take part in a new survey.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health announced Wednesday a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the number of cases in 2025 to two, so far.

Hawaiʻi lawmakers are moving along the controversial measure to ban non-medical exemptions for school-mandated vaccines. The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs narrowly voted Friday in favor of House Bill 1118.

In 2021, the state unveiled the $160 million, 144-bed psychiatric facility. But the state delayed its opening for a year in part to address issues with the shower floors, door handles and hinges — along with staffing difficulties.

Health officials say there’s a growing number of Hawaiʻi students who are not up-to-date on their vaccines: During the 2023-2024 school year, 21% of students had exemptions for vaccinations, were missing shots or didn’t have their records.

The Hawaiʻi County Council has adopted a measure asking the state Agriculture and Health departments to work with farmers as they respond to the contagious avian flu.

A detection in a sample collected on Dec. 11 was so low that it wasn’t considered a positive. Samples collected on Dec. 18 and Jan. 8 also had similar low detections.

The discovery of avian flu in wastewater in the Wahiawā area on Friday destroyed some 70 birds at a backyard bird sanctuary. The Conversation talked to Hawaiʻi's State Veterinarian Dr. Isaac Maeda about the state's first outbreak of avian flu in birds.