LONDON >> Crucial work furthering LGBTQ+ rights and preventing HIV in the Pacific Islands has been disrupted by U.S.

Samoa declared an outbreak of the disease on 28 November, 2024, after the 'earliest onset of cough' was reported on 16 ...

Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand, made up of three atolls, in the southern Pacific Ocean. Five-year-old Ilissapesi Sakalia and her mum Elena Pasilio are incharge of looking after "Popo" ...

Pacific Islanders living in the US fear sudden removal from loved ones, jobs and their adopted home, as Donald Trump pursues a crackdown on undocumented migrants.

The confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as Trump’s Health Secretary marks a critical milestone in the deepening war on ...

Vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as the new US health secretary on3, 2025. His nomination in mid-November led to a resurgence of claims that question the efficacy of vaccines. Posts ...

In one notable incident, he and other activists were involved with the local anti-vaccination movement in Samoa in 2019 ... whether AIDS was caused by HIV (it is), and has previously suggested ...

Trump’s unconfirmed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted that if “they drop their tariffs, prices will go down,” ...

Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee boycotted a meeting Thursday to advance Russell Vought’s nomination to chair the Office of Budget and Management—but of course, Republicans still forged ahead ...

However, he lied about past statements, including suggesting that pesticides cause children to become transgender, and insisted he played no role in a deadly outbreak of measles in Samoa in 2019 after ...