Hawai’i Archives

Assessing the effectiveness of pre-travel testing for COVID-19

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Dr Hou and Dr Pang describe a method to measure the amount of COVID-19 that arriving travellers are bringing into a community.

There is a global need to implement new control measures for travel in order to monitor and prevent the spread of COVID-19 and novel variants. Dr Amy Hou and Dr Lorrin Pang, Maui District Health Office and Hawaii State Department of Health, are exploring a simple, rapid method that can be used to monitor the COVID-19 infection status of travellers […]

‘Oumuamua: Unpacking the mystery of our interstellar visitor

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For the time being, the idea of building a spacecraft which can carry us to other stars is a goal reserved for the future – but that doesn’t stop interstellar visitors from coming to us. In 2017, a small, mysterious object named ‘Oumuamua became the first body in the Solar System ever confirmed to originate from a star system beyond […]

Preterm birth and danger-associated molecular patterns

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Adult hand lifts the foot of a premature baby

Preterm birth is the leading cause of infantile mortality. Dr Claire Kendal-Wright from the Chaminade University of Honolulu works on human extra-embryonic membranes. More specifically, she studies danger-associated molecular patterns, or DAMPs, and examines how these molecules contribute to the prelabour rupture of the membranes that leads to birth. Understanding the mechanisms involved in healthy pregnancy could eventually allow the […]

Case for the improvement of suboptimal care of gout patients in Hawai’i

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The level of care for gout patients in Hawai’i has been a subject of concern to stakeholders. A retrospective study of gout and rheumatoid arthritis patients who were 18 years and above within Hawai’i Pacific Health healthcare system between 2011 and 2017 were undertaken by Dr Sian Yik Lim MD, CCD, Rhmsus, a Doctor of Medicine, Pali Momi Medical Center, […]