From the U.S. News & World Report website
This article is dated March 25, 2020 and covers the early speculation of the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.
However, it details the process an experimental vaccine goes through to become a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved, manufactured vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that vaccine development is a five-stage process over an extended timeline.
It’s hard to know exactly how long it’s safe to keep different household items. This guide can help:
Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page
On September 3, 2020, the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard supported the mass testing in the Tetsuo Hirano tunnels on H-3.
Hawaii National Guard members assigned to Task Force Oahu assist the Honolulu Fire Department with the second day of ‘surge’ testing to take place in the Tetsuo Harano Tunnel on the H3 freeway. Guardsmen were divided into two group and had one placed at each side of the tunnel. Over 5,000 registered residents were scheduled to be tested throughout the day.
From the Hawaiian Airlines website
Every night at the close of the KHON News, there is footage of people flashing shaka signs as the closing credits roll. The background music is Kaliponi Slack Key by Keola & Kapona Beamer.
“Hang loose,” “Right on,” “Thank you,” “Things are great,” “Take it easy” – in Hawaii, the shaka sign expresses all those friendly messages and more. As kamaaina know, to make the shaka, you curl your three middle fingers while extending your thumb and baby finger. For emphasis, quickly turn your hand back and forth with your knuckles facing outward.
If you never used video conferencing or “video chat” services before the COVID-19 pandemic, you probably are doing so now, trying to teach yourself how, or at least thinking about it. After all, video chats are a safe way to interact face-to-face with those you love.
I used to hate video chatting, and avoided it if I could. But isolation prompted by the pandemic has changed my outlook. I’m still not crazy about communicating this way, though it’s become necessary. In fact, I’ve been reaching out to friends and family I haven’t seen in ages (hi, Aunt Angie).
In the process, I’ve become more familiar with video-chat services — and, gosh, there are a lot of those. Nearly all are free.
Medicare.gov just posted the 2021 Medicare & You handbook. It is available in several forms.
Go to the Medicare & You page on the Medicare.gov website and select your choice of the following versions: PDF, Large Print PDF, eBook, Audio, Braille, Paper handbook.
The pūpūkahi is the State of Hawaii Department of Defense monthly newsletter. Printed versions of the pūpūkahi have been the “command information” newsletter for decades, however, it was suspended in 2009 due to budget cuts. It is now a digital e-newsletter posted quarterly.
Click here to read the Fall 2020 digital pūpūkahi
Kudos to State Public Affairs Office (MAJ (R) Jeffrey Hickman, TSgt Andrew Jackson, Krystal Kawabata) and the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard contributors for another GREAT issue.
In simple terms, long-term care insurance is about paying for assisted living or nursing home care as you age or in the event of a chronic condition or disability. Deciding whether it makes sense for you can seem like a basic math equation. All you need to do is weigh the probability you’ll require long-term care against the coverage costs and your savings, right?
Crunching the numbers is important, but deciding you need long-term care insurance — or you don’t — is rarely just a calculation of risk vs. costs. To make the right decision, it’s important to also weigh factors beyond dollars and cents.
Consider the following reasons as you assess your coverage needs.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawai’i Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the September 1959 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Kūkā‘ilimoku celebrates 2nd Anniversary
* Enlistments: including George Kaneshiro
* Promotions: include David Rodrigues
On September 11, 2001, America suffered a terrorist attack in New York when two aircraft flew into the World Trade Center towers. The attack caused the deaths of 2,606 in the World Trade Center and in the surrounding area. Additional people have died of 9/11-related cancer and respiratory diseases in the months and years following the attacks.
A third aircraft, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, which led to a partial collapse of the building’s west side. All 59 passengers on the flight were killed.
The terrorist attack at the Pentagon on 9/11 was the first deadliest foreign attack on Washington, D.C. since the burning of the U.S. capital by the British during the War of 1812.
On the ground, 125 people working at the Pentagon were killed, most of whom worked for the United States Army or the United States Navy. Of those 125 deaths, 70 were civilians – 47 Army employees, six Army contractors, six Navy employees, three Navy contractors, seven Defense Intelligence Agency employees, and one Office of the Secretary of Defense contractor – and 55 were members of the United States Armed Forces – 33 Navy sailors and 22 Army soldiers. Lieutenant General Timothy Maude, an Army Deputy Chief of Staff, was the highest-ranking military official killed at the Pentagon.
Never Forget
Governor David Y. Ige, State of Hawaii Governor, greets members of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 204th Airlift Squadron upon their return from a Hurricane Harvey relief mission at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on September 10, 2017. The mission involved the tactical airdrop of generators, a mobile hospital and an ambulance among a long list of relief supplies.
More photographs by SRA Robert Cabuco
From the Wired Magazine website
In parts of the United States, autumn is coming. The mornings have a coolness. The dogwood leaves show an edge of color. And outside pharmacies, the banners of fall are appearing: “Flu shots here.”
This year in particular, health authorities hope Americans will listen. The overlap of the influenza season and the coronavirus pandemic could overwhelm the health care system if people don’t take the vaccine and the incidence of flu is high. Planners are worried about renewed pressure on hospital beds and protective equipment, and less visible pressure on laboratories, which have to use the same machinery and supplies to analyze diagnostic tests for both Covid-19 and flu.
An 18-year-old American soldier who went to fight in Vietnam in 1968 — the year of peak deployment —is now 70 years old. In addition to the usual health problems affecting that age group, many Vietnam veterans struggle with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the effects of Agent Orange.
An 18-year-old American soldier who went to fight in Vietnam in 1968 — the year of peak deployment —is now 70 years old. In addition to the usual health problems affecting that age group, many Vietnam veterans struggle with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the effects of Agent Orange.
All of this puts them at higher risk of serious illness if they contract COVID-19 and puts a tremendous strain on the family members who want to care for them at home.
Fortunately, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is about to increase the scope of its Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) to include eligible veterans who suffered serious injury in the line of duty on or before May 7, 1975. Benefits of the program include monthly stipends, medical training and health insurance. The expansion is set to go into effect October 1.
From the Everyday Health website
If you want to make dietary changes to lower your blood pressure and protect your heart, researchers have pinpointed a simple hack with tremendous benefits: Add more plants to your diet, like vegetables and whole grains, and cut back a bit on meat and dairy.
That’s the takeaway from a comprehensive new review by researchers at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. While many studies have been published that have seen an association between a plant-based diet and better heart health, they’re mostly observational studies, so it is impossible to say if the diet caused better health outcomes.
But a new review, published July 23 in the Journal of Hypertension, looked only at clinical trials in which a test group was given a particular plant-based diet and a control group was given a more standard diet.
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