{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-nearly-1-million-headed-to-hawaii-to-increase-covid-19-testing-for-pacific-islander-communities", "Schatz: Nearly $1 Million Headed To Hawai\u2018i To Increase COVID-19 Testing For Pacific Islander Communities", "2020-11-18", "2020", "2020-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", "schatz", "https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) today announced that the University of Hawai\u2018i (UH) at Manoa will receive $958,613 from the National Institutes of Health to increase the reach, access and uptake of COVID-19 testing among Pacific Islander communities in Hawai\u2018i and Guam. This grant will fund the Puipuia le Ola project, which improves testing outreach to Pacific Islanders through culturally and linguistically appropriate community engagement.\n\n\"We need to do more to fight outbreaks in Pacific Islander communities. By ramping up testing and supporting the targeted outreach efforts of local agencies on the ground, we can help stop the spread of the virus,\u201d said Senator Schatz, member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. \u201cThere\u2019s still more work to do, but this federal grant is a good start.\u201d\n\nAccording to the Hawai\u2018i Department of Health, Pacific Islanders account for 28 percent of COVID-19 infections, despite being just 4 percent of the state\u2019s population. Public health experts agree that increasing testing will help stop community spread of the virus, which will lead to fewer infections and deaths.\n\nThe Puipuia le Ola project is a partnership between UH Manoa, University of Guam, Kalihi-Palama Health Center, the Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander COVID-19 Response, Recovery, Resilience Team (COVID 3R), Hawai\u2018i Public Housing Authority, Hawai\u2018i Affordable Housing, Inc., American Samoa Government, and multiple community-based organizations.\n\nSince the start of the pandemic, Hawai\u2018i has received tens of millions in federal funding for coronavirus testing and other public health strategies to stop the spread.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:39:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-nearly-1-million-headed-to-hawaii-to-increase-covid-19-testing-for-pacific-islander-communities"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4122342690825462, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}