#Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Dengue virus is spread from infected person to mosquito to person. While Hawai‘i is home to the type of mosquitoes that can carry dengue, the disease is not established here in the state, and cases are currently only seen in travelers.

The vessel, slated to dock in Honolulu on Feb. 12, is not considered a threat to the people of Hawai‘i.

CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. FDA investigated a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Concord infections.

The Hawaii DOH has received $74,000 from the CDC to gather violent death data for the National Violent Death Reporting System.