Story by Thomas Cieslak Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point Every duty day presents a new challenge for the Sailor leading the effort to keep Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point healthy. Hospital Corpsman Second Class Ashlyn Sanders serves aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point as the Directorate Leading Petty Officer for the Department of Public […]
Story by T. T. Parish U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) A U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity commercial partner received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Department of Defense to use octaplasLG Powder—a potentially lifesaving treatment option for blood replacement therapies in certain operational circumstances. Notice of […]
Story by Thomas Shrader U.S. Army Medical Command JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Aug. 20, 2024) – The Society of Army Physician Assistants kicked off its annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, on August 20, 2024. The Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, […]
Story by Bernard Little Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Walter Reed salutes the U.S. Navy Dental Corps for its 112 years of service to the nation. The corps includes U.S. Navy officers with a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Dental Medicine (DMD) degree who practice dentistry to ensure service members are ready to […]
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandra Ramirez Alarcon Naval Medical Research Command LIMA, Peru – Scientists from the Virology Surveillance Program at U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) SOUTH recently published findings from a study of samples processed from a recent dengue outbreak, in collaboration with the Health Ministry of Peru and Naval Medical […]
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Hien Vu Commander, Navy Region Korea Hold the press! For the first time in a long time, the Branch Health Clinic (BHC) of U.S. Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Yokosuka aboard Fleet Activities Chinhae (CFAC) has a full-time dentist. Lieutenant Ryan Twaddle recently arrived here to attend to the dental […]
Story by Kirk Frady Medical Readiness Command, Europe Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany – More than 120 U.S. military medical leaders, providers, planners, and logisticians from across the European and African theaters assembled at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany Aug. 20 – 22 to take part in a Senior Leader Forum hosted by Medical Readiness Command, Europe. […]
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Neil W. McCabe Army Reserve Medical Command [DALLAS] The deputy commanding general of the Army Reserve Medical Command, who is dual-hatted as the Assistant Surgeon General for Mobilization, Readiness and Army Reserve Affairs Office in the Office of the Army Surgeon General, championed artificial intelligence, or AI, at an Aug. […]
Story by Jesse Leger Womack Army Medical Center FORT LIBERTY, N.C. — The Womack Army Medical Center’s Midwifery program marked its 30th anniversary this month, celebrating decades of dedicated service, teaching, and patient care. Since its inception, the program has become a cornerstone of maternal healthcare at the medical center, providing essential services to a […]
Story by Keisha Frith Womack Army Medical Center FORT LIBERTY, NC– In the world of oral surgery, few procedures have as profound an impact on patients’ lives as orthognathic surgery. Also known as corrective jaw surgery, this complex operation can transform the way people eat, speak, and interact with the world around them. For one […]