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Walmart Wellness Event to offer free health services across Big Island

Walmart will host a free, nationwide health and wellness event on Jan. 24, offering no-cost screenings, immunizations, and wellness resources in Kona and Hilo.

State urges parents of incoming 2025-26 seventh-graders to schedule well-child visits

Ensuring your child’s health and well-being with a well-child visit that includes a comprehensive physical exam is important as they prepare to make the transition from elementary to middle school. It also includes making sure they are up-to-date with immunizations.

COVID boosters, flu shots available during Walmart Wellness Day

As flu season approaches and COVID-19 continues to infect — and re-infect — people throughout the islands, Walmart is offering a chance for Big Island residents to protect themselves.

DOH Institutes New Immunization Requirements

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health has launched a media campaign to educate parents about new immunizations for seventh-grade students for the 2020-21 school year.

Hawai’i HPV Vaccinations Low

In Hawai’i, research by the Centers for Disease Control shows that only 34 percent of females and 15 percent of males have been fully immunized from Human Papillomavirus.