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How A Slug In A Salad Led One Patient On A Confusing Quest For Rat Lungworm Treatment
Patients of the disease called angiostrongyliasis must confront conflicting clinical guidance and a medication price tag, in Alyx Barnett’s case, of $8,599.99 Reading time: 10 minutes.
At 38 weeks pregnant, Hawaii island resident Alyx Barnett’s heart dropped in mid-March when she realized she had bit into a tiny leopard slug that was tucked into a piece of her kale salad.
Barnett considers herself lucky that she is aware of rat lungworm disease, how it’s carried by slugs that feast on vegetables and the risks she faced if exposed. But she didn’t realize what lengths she would have to go to to get medical help or cover the cost of a prescription.
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo political science department is applauding one of its alumni for his contributions during the COVID-19 pandemic that helped the United Nations World Food Programme (
UH Hilo graduate
Colin Hourihan worked with
WFP, the world’s largest humanitarian organization that combats hunger and food security to move critical medical supplies around the world during the early days of the pandemic.
Colin Hourihan
WFP/ Khudr Alissar
WFP)
“A team of about 100 of us worked tirelessly to make sure that those most vulnerable didn’t succumb to the virus or the knock on effects the pandemic caused,” Hourihan said. “We are now scaling up our work to feed more people than ever before in what is likely the largest humanitarian crisis since [World War
Bruce Torres Fischer
Did you know the correct pronunciation of the area in Hilo commonly called Kaumana is actually Kaʻūmana? A newly launched podcast series led by a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo graduate student is on a mission to educate people about the meaning behind places and street names on Hawaiʻi Island and how to properly say them. The segment called, “Inoa Matters,” is a series of short audio lessons about inoa, the Hawaiian word for name. It is the latest string of educational episodes to be broadcast through podcast,
Podcast producer and sound engineer
Bruce Torres Fischer is the voice behind the new inoa segment. He is working on a master’s degree in the Hawaiian language and literature program at
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