Amphetamine users require more hospital resources, UH study
Researchers from JABSOM examined visits to a Honolulu hospital emergency room, finding that 15.1 percent of the drug-screened patients tested positive for amphetamines.
Study links climate change to increased risk of Hawai?i wildfires
The first study linking climate change to an increased probability of wildfires in Â鶹´«Ã½ also weighs the increased risks facing tropical regions around the world.
HI-SEAS receives NASA grant to complete research
The research program has operated five planetary surface missions on the Mars-like flank of Mauna Loa to investigate crew composition and cohesion.
UH professor¡¯s Antarctica discovery may herald new model of physics
UH Mānoa's Peter Gorham, along with a team of researchers, discovered new evidence that suggests some Antarctic particles do not fit the standard model of physics.
Failure to protect beaches under slowly rising sea level
A team of specialists quantified land use on the Oʻahu coast over the period 1928–2015 and concluded that state and national coastal zone management practices will require new policies, or more effective ways for implementing existing policies.
Hawai¡®i ranks 24th in national child well-being
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹'s Center on the Family releases Â鶹´«Ã½¡¯s latest KIDS COUNT® Data Book ranking which finds that despite gains in education the state's proficiency rates are still below the national average.
Hawai¡®i¡¯s child well-being 17th in latest national rankings
Economic conditions may finally be improving, and families continue to offer a strong foundation for Â鶹´«Ã½’s children, according to the 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book.
Hawai?i teens making better choices according to KIDS COUNT 2016
Annual report analyzes improvements and areas of concern for the state’s children, families and communities.
One in eight children in Hawai?i live in poverty, according to KIDS COUNT data
Small gains in education and family and community indicators still leave Â鶹´«Ã½ 24th in child well-being.
Every Kid Needs a Family, recommends KIDS COUNT policy report
KIDS COUNT policy report highlights the importance of family placements for young people in the child welfare system.