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Tripler Army Medical Center achieves The Joint Commission reaccreditation through 2028
DVIDS - Georgia
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August 1, 2025
Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) has successfully earned continued accreditation from The Joint Commission following a comprehensive four-day survey conducted July 22-25, 2025. The reaccreditation extends through 2028 and encompasses TAMC, the...
Joel Mekler | Medicare Moments: Traveling this summer? Remember these critical Medicare considerations
New Castle News - Pennsylvania
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August 18, 2025
Whether you’re driving, flying, or sailing the seas, it’s important to be prepared with Medicare. •Does Medicare cover international travel? Traveling abroad from the United States requires careful planning, especially for those with pre-existing...
Groundbreaking for new ER, ICU and MRI facility at LBJ Hospital
Talanei
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July 28, 2025
A groundbreaking ceremony was held last Friday at the LBJ Tropical Medical Center to officially commence construction of a new two-story building that will house the Emergency Room (ER), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and MRI facility. In attendance...
“The ultimate meddling”: What is assisted migration – and why is it so controversial among scientists?
Discover Wildlife
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August 17, 2025
The guam kingfisher – also known as the sihek – has been extinct in the wild since 1988 but was successfully introduced to Palmyra Atoll last year. However, they aren’t native to the island (which is roughly one-third of the way between Hawaii and...
Slain Maui Police Officer Wanted To Inspire Other Pacific Island Girls
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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August 17, 2025
Suzanne O is one of only two female officers killed by gunfire in Hawaiʻi in many years and the first on-duty officer on Maui in decades. Maui police officer Suzanne O, who was shot and killed by a gunman Friday night, was originally from American...
New Policy Bars Many Lawfully Present and Undocumented Immigrants from a Broad Range of Federal Health and Social Supports
KFF
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July 21, 2025
On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of a policy change to update the definition of “federal public benefits” as outlined in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of...
Samoa’s sixth dengue-related death is another child
Samoa News
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August 15, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A sixth dengue-related death has been confirmed by health authorities in Samoa as case numbers continue to climb. Samoa's Ministry of Health has confirmed the sixth death which the Herald reported local officials...
Maiava Sinasina Saveasiūleo William Joseph Langkilde passes
Samoa News
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August 15, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Maiava Sinasina Saveasiūleo William Joseph Langkilde peacefully departed this world on August 8, 2025, in American Samoa. His passing was sudden. Although he was known as Maiava or Sinasina to many, to his loved ones...
Climate crisis driving rise in dengue fever outbreaks across Pacific
Samoa News
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August 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As dengue fever infections hit their highest level in a decade and several countries declare emergencies, the climate crisis is driving a sharp rise in dengue fever cases across the Pacific islands, experts say. Pacific...
MUSIC | Carrying on a musical legacy
The Fiji Times
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August 17, 2025
From the renaissance, classical and early 20th century romance periods, to worldly jazz and Pacific classics — Suva was abuzz with live music with SolFa Music Samoa. An NGO for a continued legacy of music, arts and education, Solfa Music Samoa was...
Maui police officer served with ‘courage, honor and dedication’
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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August 17, 2025
Maui is mourning the loss of police officer Suzanne O, who was fatally shot Friday night while responding to a terroristic threatening incident in Paia. The Maui Police Department on Saturday identified O, a five-year veteran of the force, as the...
Woman tries to hit son with her walker after he allegedly choked her grandson
Samoa News
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August 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 30, 2025, a concerned grandmother contacted the Fagatogo Police Station and reported her son for allegedly assaulting her grandson by choking him. The suspect fled the scene but was later captured and charged...
Smart Mouth Guards flash red with head impacts
Samoa News
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August 13, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Mouth-guards that light up when a player sustains a significant head impact will be used at this year's women's Rugby World Cup, which starts next week. The mouth-guards, which use LED lights, will flash red if the...
Mosquito-born dengue fever cases surge at popular US vacation destination
Fox News
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Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Professor Dr. Marty Makary weighs in on whether Americans should be concerned about the rise in both COVID cases and Dengue fever in the U.S. and discusses Potassium Chloride meds being recalled for heart risks....
Chaos on the field at U-16 Women’s Championship in Apia
Samoa News
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August 14, 2025
Tuana'imato, APIA — A chaotic free-for-all melee between the American Samoa U-16 Women’s National Team and Tahiti on Tuesday brought an abrupt and dramatic end to their match, and with it, the tournament journeys of both squads in the Oceania...
Fallen hero: Maui Police Officer, Suzanne O remembered as compassionate and genuine
Maui Now - Hawaii
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Maui Police Officer Suzanne O. PC: (recruitment video screenshot) Maui Police Department / Edited-Directed by Noah Dods Medeiros Maui police have identified the fallen officer from Friday night’s fatal shooting in Pāʻia as Suzanne O. Officer O...
PAULIANA VITALE: A VOICE FOR THE PACIFIC AT THE PACIFIC FASHION SUMMIT
PNG Haus Bung
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August 14, 2025
When Miss American Samoa 2024–2025, Pauliana Angelfromheaven Felise Vitale, steps onto the stage in Port Moresby, she’ll be walking more than a runway, she will be walking a bridge. Vitale is set to participate in the prestigious Pacific Fashion...
Sixth child in Samoa succumbs to dengue fever
Samoa News
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August 11, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting a sixth death from dengue fever in Samoa. “It is difficult to bear these sorrows, "Ta lelava tauave nei mafatiaga,” said the grieving mother of a seven-year-old child who is Samoa’s sixth...
Am Samoa loses a respected traditional and political leader
Samoa News
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August 11, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — High Talking Chief, Le’i Sonny Thompson, passed away last Tuesday, in American Samoa, after a prolonged illness. He was 73 years old. Lei retired from the US Air Force as a major after 20 years of service, returning to...
Man charged with PPD after he was seen fighting with his wife in their vehicle
Samoa News
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August 11, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 1, 2025, a concerned citizen contacted the Tafuna Police Substation to report an alleged domestic dispute when he saw a couple fighting inside a vehicle. The suspect was later arrested and charged with: Count 1:...