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Researchers recently found that 60% of children and teens in American Samoa had been infected with dengue — a troubling statistic, since getting dengue more than once can be deadly. HPR talked with Sandra Kiplagat, the CDC epidemic intelligence service officer who led the research.
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Researchers from UH and the East-West Center created the online Hawaiʻi Climate Data Portal in 2022. They use the information to inform policy decisions on climate risks and more.
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A regional fishery council is warning that the Biden administration’s plan to block off U.S. territorial waters in the Pacific would end American Samoa’s tuna canning industry. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.
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American Samoa's representative in Congress is raising urgent concerns about President Biden's initiation of a new National Marine Sanctuary in the Central Pacific. With the Pacific News Minute, HPR's Derrick Malama reports.
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship. The court passed up an invitation to overturn a series of decisions dating back to 1901 known as the Insular Cases, replete with racist and anti-foreign rhetoric.
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Without Roe, Guam could revert to an abortion ban dating to 1990. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the law unconstitutional in 1992, but it has never been repealed.
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The prime minister of Samoa has placed the small Pacific nation into a 48-hour lockdown after 15 passengers on a flight from Australia tested positive for COVID-19. The infected passengers were among 73 who arrived from Brisbane on Wednesday.
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American Samoa reported its first case of coronavirus on Friday. The U.S. territory’s acting governor and health officials said the islands’ first case of COVID-19 was of a resident who returned to America Samoa from Hawaii this week.
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We talk with author and university professor Line Noue-Kruse about a ruling made by a federal court of appeals regarding birthright citizenship that affects American Samoa; Mālama Pūpūkea-Waimea President Denise Antolini about how the group will use a World Surf League grant to protect our oceans; and Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant Owner Tom Jones about the journey of becoming a renowned sushi chef.
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American Samoa’s repatriation system picked up five COVID-19 cases so far among the more than 160 residents in quarantine here in Honolulu. This is…