Courtesy Story Defense Health Agency With 2025 just around the corner, you may be starting to consider your family’s health needs for next year. There may be changes to your TRICARE health plan costs starting Jan. 1, 2025. Depending on your plan, these costs may include enrollment fees, premiums, cost-shares, and copayments. Note: TRICARE costs […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob Woitzel Naval Medical Center San Diego Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego’s Lt. Megan Walsh represents the hospital and the Navy in the Armed Services Championship during the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27. With this year’s Marine Corps Marathon theme, “Celebrating Women in […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe GARMISCH, Germany – More than 300 U.S. military medical leaders, healthcare providers and civilian medical counterparts from across Europe, Africa and the continental United States took part in the 2024 Health and Readiness Symposium held Nov. 5 – 8 in Garmisch, Germany. The primary focus of the […]
Story by Russell Tafuri Blanchfield Army Community Hospital FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (Nov. 7, 2024) –U.S. Army Medical Department Activity, Fort Campbell, more commonly known as Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, received the Army Superior Unit Award for its outstanding meritorious service in support of COVID-19 response from March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021. Given by […]
Story by Paul Lagasse Medical Research and Development Command FORT DETRICK, Md. – Artificial intelligence is dramatically reshaping the way new medicines are developed, allowing researchers to accelerate the discovery of new drugs, improve their accuracy and effectiveness and reduce development costs – advances that researchers at the Medical Research and Development Command are employing […]
Courtesy Story Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Congress first appropriated funds to the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs for lung cancer research in FY09, establishing the Lung Cancer Research Program. In FY24, the LCRP received $25 million in appropriations and supports research to reduce the burden of lung cancer and improve the lives of Service […]
Story by Christopher Delano Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL) staff are being recognized for their outstanding work in the Defense Health Network (DHN) Atlantic’s Joint Outpatient Experience Survey (JOES) “Best of the Best” report for the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2024. JOES, administered by the Office of the […]
Story by Jean Graves Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital FORT JOHNSON, La. —Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital has increased access to care in the women’s clinic for obstetric and gynecological health for Soldiers and Families at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. BJACH welcomes three new medical providers, specializing in gynecology and obstetrics to […]
Story by Janet A. Aker Defense Health Agency Dear Doc, I need advice about vaccine safety and whether my family still needs to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the flu, and RSV. I worry about my family’s health—especially now school is back in session, the holidays are coming, and we’ll be together a lot more inside […]
Courtesy Story Naval Medical Center San Diego Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) proudly celebrates National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week, honoring the invaluable contributions of our medical staff professionals who work tirelessly to uphold the highest standards of quality and safety in patient care, Nov. 3-9. “These dedicated individuals are the gatekeepers of quality […]