It's VAX for school time before your child goes back to school next week! Come on down to Suigaula Utulei Beach from 8am - 12 noon, today, August 19, 2026! The DoH’s wonderful most experienced nurses are there and ready to help you and your child. The DoH also has other information to share about services available to the community. [photo: DoH]






![[Photo by Barry Markowitz]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/img_8208.jpeg?itok=KjcDiNf9)
![The remotely operated vehicle, Deep Discoverer, imaging the seafloor off American Samoa during an expedition in 2017. Two expeditions in waters around American Samoa by NOAA Ocean Exploration and its partners are scheduled for August through October this year to map and characterize the deep seafloor for offshore critical mineral exploration. [Image credit: NOAA OER] Deep Discoverer](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/d2-american-samoa-2017.jpg?itok=DSCVjqUu)
![American Samoa 38. United States 32. For American Samoa flag football, August 14, 2026, will be remembered as the day the world was put on notice. The US flag football team suffered a shocking defeat to American Samoa, their first one in 14 years. [Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP] Flag Football](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/us-flag-football-loss.jpeg?itok=m7TA3SD6)
![Manager of the DOH Environmental Health Services Division, Eileen Solaita (middle) and two of her staff members after the House hearing last Thursday that revealed that re-opening of businesses closed by the health department are often ordered by senators, faipules, or government directors. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] Manager of the DOH Environmental Health Services Division, Eileen Solaita and staffers](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/img_7159.jpg?itok=gUuvi2W6)





