Are We Ready to Handle a Case of Microcephaly?
Local capability to deal with a case of microcephaly, or a baby born with a head that is smaller than usual, is one of the areas that officials from the US Centers for Disease Control are ...Read more
Local capability to deal with a case of microcephaly, or a baby born with a head that is smaller than usual, is one of the areas that officials from the US Centers for Disease Control are ...Read more
The parents of Little Pemerika Tauiliili, the 7-year-old boy who developed bleeding in the brain and was rushed to Honolulu, have provided an update on his condition. His father Ionatana and ...Read more
The parents of 7-year old Pemerika Tauiliili is appealing for the community’s help in sending him off island for treatment. Peme has just been diagnosed with internal bleeding and his condition ...Read more
Candidate for Governor Faoa Aitofele Sunia says the root of problems plaguing the LBJ Hospital is the government not giving the hospital funds that the federal government gave for the ...Read more
The message from the Department of Health as summer gets into full swing is to fight the bite all summer long… the mosquito bite that is. In its update of the Zika virus DOH reports that the ...Read more
The Pacific Community (SPC) yesterday released Pasifika Plates, a potentially life-changing cookbook to promote healthy eating to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Pacific Islands. The ...Read more
Two pregnant women who contracted Zika have given birth to healthy babies at LBJ Hospital. Emergency Preparedness Director at the Department of Health, Ben Sili, has confirmed that two of the 14 ...Read more
The South Pacific Watersports and Fitness in Utulei is registering children, ages 10-19, for their first Summer Youth FIT (Fun Interactive Training) Camp! The program will teach kids about health ...Read more
The President of the American Samoa Nurses Association Mrs Tofiga Tufele is concerned about the high number of patients being admitted to the LBJ Hospital. As of yesterday the census of inpatients ...Read more
Bad weather did not dampen the high spirits of runners in the South Pacific Watersports & Fitness’ 1st Annual Flag Day Half Marathon, 10K & 5K Run this past Saturday. Paula ...Read more