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March 5 - How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health — and how to prepare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light...
Health experts speak out against RFK Jr. leading Health and Human Services
Groups fighting to improve access to health care are asking the U.S. Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr's nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy is an environmental lawyer who ran for president, then threw his support to...
How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health — and how to prepare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light...

How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health
Alarm Clock (Photo: Pixabay)WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings...

Reported rock throwing incident incited by road rage
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 27, 2025, a woman called the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) and reported a road rage related incident. The suspect fled the scene but was later charged with: Count 1: Property Damage in the Second Degree, a class...

How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health -- and how to prepare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light...

Alleged suspect calls the cops to report assault
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 7, 2025, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from one of the suspects who allegedly assaulted a man with two other men for allegedly spreading rumors about them stealing from their employer. All...

Springing forward to daylight saving time affects your health — here's how to prepare
Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light together knock your...

How daylight saving time’s ‘spring forward’ could affect health
CUSTODIAN RAY KEEN gets ready to change the time on the 100-year-old clock atop the Clay County Courthouse in Clay Center, Kansas, in March 2014. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file) WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for...

Is daylight saving time bad for your health? A neurologist explains.
Beth Ann Malow is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University. As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in mid-March, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions...

Supporting the territory through healthcare services photo & caption
The American Samoa Project Sa’olotoga — Mobility, in collaboration with the American Wheelchair Mission, paid a courtesy visit to Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula and Lt. Gov. Pulumataala Ae Ae Jr. at the Governor's office earlier this month, in...

Assisting the residents of Aunu’u photo & caption
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Over the weekend, ASG launched a joint agency response to assist the residents of Aunu’u, who had been stranded due to boat service disruptions between Aunu’u and Auasi. Through the Aunu’u Liaison, and in close...

Springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health
WASHINGTON — Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light together...

Spring forward: How to prepare for daylight saving time's impact on your health
Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light together knock your...

Springing forward can affect health
WASHINGTON — Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light together...
How springing forward to daylight saving time affects health
Custodian Ray Keen inspects a clock face before changing the time on the 100-year-old clock atop the Clay County Courthouse, March 8, 2014, in Clay Center, Kansas. Charlie Riedel/AP File Photo × Here are some tips to help prepare WASHINGTON – Most...

Daylight saving time starts soon. Here's how it affects your health
Most of America “springs forward” Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light together knock your...
Altru Clinic-Devils Lake and CHI St. Alexius Health Devils Lake Hospital are receiving devices as part of this statewide grant initiative
Helmsley Charitable Trust grants more than $27.4M to fund 215 ultrasound imaging devices across North Dakota and train sonography workforce The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has granted $27.4 million to help 69 North Dakota...

Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
The widespread upheaval at federal health agencies in the first month of the Trump administration comes at a time when the U.S. faces infectious disease threats on multiple fronts: The ongoing spread of bird flu around the country; the risk of...

RFK Jr’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda slammed in ‘terrific’ takedown
Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew to late US president John F Kennedy, has been confirmed as the new US health secretary to push forward his ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda – despite widespread concern over his promotion of anti-vax conspiracy...