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Health experts speak out against RFK Jr. leading Health and Human Services

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...

Owner:  Public News Service (Certified B-Corporation)
How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health — and how to prepare

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...

Owner:  The Associated Press (Non-profit)
How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health

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...

Owner:  Charles H. Morris
Reported rock throwing incident incited by road rage

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...

Owner:  Annesley Family
How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health -- and how to prepare

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...

Owner:  Richard Dean
Alleged suspect calls the cops to report assault

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...

Owner:  Annesley Family
Springing forward to daylight saving time affects your health — here's how to prepare
How daylight saving time’s ‘spring forward’ could affect health

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...

Owner:  Ogden-Nutting Family
Is daylight saving time bad for your health? A neurologist explains.

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...

Owner:  Shari Redstone (Family)
Supporting the territory through healthcare services photo & caption

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...

Owner:  Annesley Family
Assisting the residents of Aunu’u photo & caption

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...

Owner:  Annesley Family
Springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health

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...

Owner:  Paxton Family
Spring forward: How to prepare for daylight saving time's impact on your health
Springing forward can affect health

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...

Owner:  Ogden-Nutting Family
How springing forward to daylight saving time affects health

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...

Owner:  Ballantine Family
Daylight saving time starts soon. Here's how it affects your health

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...

Owner:  Comcast Corporation

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...

Owner:  Champion Family
Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response

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...

Owner:  WVIA
RFK Jr’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda slammed in ‘terrific’ takedown

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