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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health is advertising for a new U.S. certified Veterinarian after Dr. Barbara Kahl left the territory this week — 11 months after coming to the local Veterinary office.  She served just short of one year of her two-year contract with the Department of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Dept. of Health (DoH) fell short when projecting the growth of healthcare for local women in the categories of pre-natal, and preventative care over the 5 years beginning in 2019 after the COVID pandemic brought about changes in how the clinics were operating and...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a health advisory yesterday, the Health Department informed the public of increasing cases of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD), especially among school aged children. “Hand, foot, and mouth disease is caused by viruses,” the advisory said, noting that the symptoms...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After three weeks of double-digit COVID-19 positive cases from the community spread of the deadly virus, the Health Department is now reporting positive cases at a single digit level, while LBJ Medical Center reports that the number of COVID-19 related deaths remains at...
DoH inspection team at a local store
This recent Samoa News photo shows the Health Department’s Enforcement Team visiting one of the stores on island for inspection to ensure they comply with all local health laws — pertaining to among other things, safety and health. A warning can be issued or the business “closed” for infractions...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dept. of Health is encouraging all families to prepare for when someone in their household tests positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation at home.  This comes about as the positive count rose to 494 after Friday’s testing, with the total in Tafuna reaching 100....
Top photo no social distancing, bottom photo social distancing
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the top photo as seen in this montage, residents who flocked to tents set up at the Pago Pago DYWA parking lot for COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday at around 8a.m. were seen sitting very closely to one another. The tent seating seems to be set up for this ‘crowding’...
Quarantined travelers who were on the Jan. 27 flight
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Zoom session yesterday, the Health Department confirmed that 15 travelers from the Jan. 27 flight from Honolulu have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a traveler on the same flight who is in quarantine. These are the results from the second test,...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department (DoH) will send the test sample from the local resident, who arrived on the Sept. 13th flight from Honolulu and tested COVID-19 positive, to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) laboratory “to determine the variant”, according to...
 Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a $100,000 health grant from the American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress this year and signed into law in March.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a $100,000 health grant on Monday from the American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress this year and signed into law in March. The discretionary grant to the American Samoa Department of Health for home visiting is from the U.S. Department...

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