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King Charles receives 'harrowing' news about his health

King Charles receives 'harrowing' news about his health

Since ascending to the throne on September 8, 2022, King Charles III's health has been a subject of concern, marked by a cancer diagnosis that has added a layer of complexity to his reign. Despite the challenges, the 76-year-old monarch has shown...

Uto Bulabula Returns: Expanding Healthy Heart Programme for Children in Pacific Region

Uto Bulabula Returns: Expanding Healthy Heart Programme for Children in Pacific Region

Photo: Pasifika Medical Association Following the success of its 2024 launch, the Uto Bulabula – Healthy Hearts initiative is back for a second year, expanding its reach to include children from Tonga. The programme supported life-saving cardiac...

Uto Bulabula - Healthy Hearts Initiative Returns | A Growing Regional Response To Paediatric Cardiac Care In The Pacific

Uto Bulabula - Healthy Hearts Initiative Returns | A Growing Regional Response To Paediatric Cardiac Care In The Pacific

Photo/Supplied The Uto Bulabula - Healthy Hearts initiative will return for it’s second year to continue delivering life-saving cardiac surgeries to children across the Pacific, including, for the first time, patients from Tonga. Children are...

Major celebration in Manurewa marks restoration of Sāmoa citizenship rights

Major celebration in Manurewa marks restoration of Sāmoa citizenship rights

A community gathering in Manurewa this week marked a significant moment of long-awaited justice for Sāmoans who lost their New Zealand citizenship in 1982 and have now had it restored. The Citizenship (Western Sāmoa) (Restoration) Amendment Act...

REVIEW: Samoan author and poet’s struggle with mental health is focus of new documentary

REVIEW: Samoan author and poet’s struggle with mental health is focus of new documentary

Photo: Before the Moon Falls Gladys Hartson | Senior Journalist A new documentary chronicling the last nine years of murder-accused Samoan poet and author Sia Figiel makes for confronting viewing on many levels, says reporter Gladys Hartson. When...

Dengue scare hits Pacific Mini Games; athlete receives medical care, health alert issued

Dengue scare hits Pacific Mini Games; athlete receives medical care, health alert issued

Palau's Health Ministry is asking everyone to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Photo: Facebook / Office of the President, Republic of Palau Palau's Ministry of Health (MOH) has warned athletes and officials at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games to...

Samoa No.8 Mapu leaves Saints as he makes the move to Top 14 side

Samoa No.8 Mapu leaves Saints as he makes the move to Top 14 side

Iakopo Mapu has left Saints to join Top 14 side Stade Français. Saints have yet to confirm the departure officially, but Mapu had a medical in Paris on Monday and Stade Français announced his arrival later that day. Mapu joined Saints in November...

Samoa boxing team bag 18 medals

Samoa boxing team bag 18 medals

The national youth boxing team returned to Samoa with 18 medals from the Oceania tournament held in Fiji last week. The haul includes 13 medals and five silver medals. The campaign was described by Independent Boxing Samoa Inc. as successful....

Strengthening HPE in Schools to Support Healthy Active Kids

Strengthening HPE in Schools to Support Healthy Active Kids

A new initiative has been launched under the Samoa–Australia Tautua Partnership, providing targeted support to the implementation of the Health and Physical Education (HPE) Curriculum across schools in Upolu and Savaii. This initiative seeks to...

McKay leads Samoa's green transport with solar-powered electric catamarans

McKay leads Samoa's green transport with solar-powered electric catamarans

About 10 to 15 locals will be trained to build the boats, alongside Henry Silva Shipyard. Haselden thought McKay’s training programme was one of the reasons it was successfully awarded the contract. “We see so many examples of projects like this,...

The antivaccine movement threatens health in the US and worldwide

The antivaccine movement threatens health in the US and worldwide

Anna Kirkland, Kim Lane Scheppele collegiate professor of women’s and gender studies1, Scott L Greer, professor of health management and policy2 1University of Michigan 2University of Michigan School of Public Health Robert F Kennedy Jr and others...

WFP and Samoa Lay Groundwork for Food System Improvements at the First Cost and Affordability of Diet Workshop

WFP and Samoa Lay Groundwork for Food System Improvements at the First Cost and Affordability of Diet Workshop

APIA, SAMOA – The Samoa Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF), in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), co-hosted a national validation workshop to present and discuss findings from Samoa’s first Cost and...

Origami helps behavioral health patient find healing through art

Origami helps behavioral health patient find healing through art

Anthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan HospitalsAnthony Aquilina, DO Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive | WellSpan Hospitals Over the past year, WellSpan Philhaven hospital in...

Princess Catherine reveals more details of cancer experience during hospital visit

Princess Catherine reveals more details of cancer experience during hospital visit

The Princess of Wales has revealed more details about her cancer treatment, describing it as a "roller-coaster" when speaking to patients at a hospital in Eastern England. The Princess of Wales, who had been receiving treatment for cancer, has...

Iredell Health System welcomes inaugural class of internal medicine residents

Iredell Health System welcomes inaugural class of internal medicine residents

Iredell Health System has announced the arrival of its first class of internal medicine residents. The program, approved for 21 residents over three years, will have each class consist of seven individuals. These residents began their clinical...

UN Handover Samoa’s 3rd National Communication on Climate Change

UN Handover Samoa’s 3rd National Communication on Climate Change

Apia, Samoa – 02 July 2025 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has handed over Samoa’s Third National Communication on Climate Change Report and its First Biennial Update Report to the Government of Samoa. The report was handed over...

Former Miss Samoa heads NUS medical school

Former Miss Samoa heads NUS medical school

Former Miss Samoa 1999-2000, Siiliili Dr Taralina Gae’e-Atefi, is the newly appointed Head of School of the School of Medicine at our National University of Samoa. She is a medical graduate from the Pacific’s longest-serving Institution in medical...

King and Queen’s visit to Samoa tops list of most expensive royal trips

King and Queen’s visit to Samoa tops list of most expensive royal trips

There are 43 separate journeys by royal family members listed in the official report for 2024/25 where travel costs were at least £17,000, up from 27 in 2023/24. Some 13 of these involved the King, an increase from eight in the previous year....

Forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent, families share their stories

Forever changed by diseases that vaccines can prevent, families share their stories

Before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems. These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in...

Fresh faces join political veterans in Samoa's 2025 election race

Fresh faces join political veterans in Samoa's 2025 election race

Ballot boxes for the 2021 elections. Photo: RNZ Pacific/Tipi Autagavaia With less than nine weeks left until Samoa's early election, several senior public servants are throwing their hats in the ring. One of the higher profile nominees so far is...

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