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November/December 2004

• Local Availability of Influenza Vaccines
• Worldwide Avian Influenza: The Current Situation
• Hawaii Girds Itself for Arrival of West Nile Virus
• Leptospirosis Confirmatory Diagnostic Testing
• The Bioterrorism Response Laboratory: Then and Now
• HIV/AIDS in Hawaii
• Hansen's Disease in Hawaii's Pacific Islander Population: A Ten Year Review: 1994-2003
• Infant Immunization Focus Group Study
• Hawaii Influenza Sentinel Surveillance Program
• Sasaki Retiring

September/October 2004

• Maui Sparrow Confirmed Negative for West Nile Virus
• Disease Outbreak Summary: 2003
• The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
• Hawai`i.s Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention Guidelines

July/August 2004

• Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Update
• West Nile Disease Prevention in Hawai`i
• 2004 Influenza Prevention Recommendations
• Hawai`i Influenza Season (2003-2004) Summary

May/June 2004

• Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in Hawai`i: 2004
• Prevention and control of Meningococcal Disease
• Campylobacteriosis in Hawai`i
• New CDC Epidemiologic Studies Consortium

March/April 2004

• A Leptospirosis Epidemic?
• Military Quarantines
• Multi-drug Resistant TB
• STD Treatment Guidelines
• Childhood Immunization Schedule
• Murine Typhus Testing
• Shortage of PCV7 vaccine
• Reappearance of SARS
• ePOI
• Disease Surveillance Graphs

January/February 2004

• Avian Influenza
• Preventive Medicine for the Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom
• Increased Mad Cow Safeguards
• Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
• VFC Fraud and Abuse
• Resurgence of Syphilis in Hawai‘i
• Communicable Disease Surveillance Graphs

November/December 2003

• Epidemiology of Tuberculosis, 2002: Hawai`i vs. the United States
• Improving Adult Infl uenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Levels in Hawai`i
• Leptospirosis Exposures in Hawai`i: 1993-2002
• Hepatitis C Program Update
• Renovation of Lanakila TB Clinic: A State-of-the- Art Facility
• Current Flu Recommendations
• Communicable Disease Surveillance Graphs

September/October 2003

• 2002 Summary of Disease Outbreaks
• Murine Typhus Testing

July/August 2003

• 2003-2004 Influenza Vaccine
• Important Notice
• Hawai`i Influenza 2002-2003 Summary
• Hawai`i HIV/AIDS Epidemiological Update
• Physician Advisory: False Positive Gonorrhea Results
• Hawai`i Health Care Law: Isolation and Control Requirements
• New Combination Vaccine, Pediarix

May/June 2003

• SARS Update
• Dr. Paul Effler: Chief of New Division
• West Nile Virus in North America - 2002: Is Hawai`i Ready?
• H7N7: A New Strain of Influenza
• Influenza Sentinel Surveillance Program
• A Review of Sexually-Transmitted Diseases in Hawai`i: 2002
• Correction!

March/April 2003

• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
• Smallpox Vaccine and Heart Problems
• Murine Typhus in Hawai`i
• 2003 ACIP Childhood Immunization Recommendations
• 2003 ACIP Childhood Immunization Table and Notes (Insert)
• H5N1 Bird/Human Influenza Alert
• Rabies: A Continuing Problem
• 2002 Surveillance Summary
• A Tribute to Dr. Robert Worth

January/February 2003

• Smallpox and the Hawai`i Vaccination Plan
• The Future of Kalaupapa
• Giardiasis in Hawai`i: 1997-2001. A Five Year Summary
• Infant Immunization: Targeting Falling Coverage
• Reorganization of the Epidemiology Branch
• Second Annual Global Public Health Conference
• 2002 Index of Articles