Disease

Rat lungworm and COVID-19 share something in common — they can both be detected with a polymerase chain reaction exam, or PCR test.

The number of cases of dengue fever on Hawaii Island continues to climb. Yesterday the Hawaii Department of Health confirmed 170 cases locally acquired…

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…

In South Korea, an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or “MERS” has widened to more than 100 people. The World Health Organization is working…