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It’s Time To Get ‘Tick Smart’ About Lyme Disease

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Apr. 25, 2025
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Spring is one of the most important times of year to become “tick smart”...
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Bone Stress Injury Risk Reduction Optimizes Forc...

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Apr. 22, 2025
Scientists now have a better understanding of some factors that may increase the risk of service members’...
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BETHESDA, Md. (Nov. 21, 2024) Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC)’s Clinical Trials Center (CTC) is seeking volunteers to participate in a phase 1 clinical trial for a vaccine aimed at reducing frequency and severity of infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin and soft tissue infections. NMRC CTC is located at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, Building 17B (2nd floor), and can be contacted at 301-295-4735 (call) or 301-233-9640 (text), or via e-mail at usn.nmrc.ctc@health.mil to schedule an appointment. NMRC is engaged in a broad spectrum of activity from basic science in the laboratory to field studies in austere and remote areas of the world to investigations in operational environments. In support of the Navy, Marine Corps, and joint U.S. warfighters, researchers study infectious diseases, biological warfare detection and defense, combat casualty care, environmental health concerns, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation, operational mission support, epidemiology and behavioral sciences. (U.S. Navy Photo by Tommy Lamkin/Released)

Clinical Trials Center Seeks Volunteers for Stap...

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Apr. 11, 2025
Staphylococcus aureus can impact readiness, and due to the antimicrobial resistance of the bacteria, keep...
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Reducing Impact of Upper Extremity Injuries With...

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Apr. 10, 2025
Service members experience 25 million limited duty days annually due to injuries, most of which are...
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Staff Sgt. Sebastiana Lopez Arellano, a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, pulls a weighted sled around a track inside the center’s Military Advanced Training Center, which provides amputee patients with state-of-the-art care, in Bethesda, Md., April 13, 2016. Lopez lost her right leg and suffered several other injuries in a motorcycle crash in 2015. She now uses sports and fitness as part of her physical and occupational therapy regimen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sean Kimmons

DOD and VA Release 2025 Lower Limb Amputation Cl...

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Feb. 26, 2025
Clinicians working across the Military Health System who treat service members and veterans with lower limb...
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January Is National Radon Action Month: Learn To...

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Jan. 07, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as National Radon Action Month, and the Centers for...
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Patients Rank DHN Central Clinics, Providers ‘Be...

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Dec. 19, 2024
Patients have ranked more than two dozen Defense Health Network Central clinics and providers as the “best of...
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Auditorium full of uniformed service members.

Graduate Medical Education Selection Board Stren...

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Dec. 10, 2024
More than 500 healthcare leaders from around the Military Health System worldwide conducted the annual Joint...
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Researchers at the Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology develop the first fiber with digital capabilities. The fiber can sense, store, analyze, and infer activity when sewn into a piece of clothing. (Courtesy MIT)

July 8, 2021

Uniforms with Programmable Fiber could Transmit Data and More

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Army-funded research has resulted in the development of a programmable fiber that could transmit data from military uniforms.

Photo By Deidre Smith | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 17, 2021) – Aviation Maintenance Administrationman 2nd Class Justin West places his 2-year-old son on a scale to be weighed by a medical assistant at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Pediatrics Clinic. West says, “Knowing that my son receives quality care allows me to focus on doing my job and meeting the mission.” (U.S. Navy photo by Deidre Smith, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released).

July 8, 2021

Naval Hospital Jacksonville celebrates 80 years of health and readiness

On July 1, Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville celebrates 80 years of providing health care and readiness.

Maj. Tiffany Campbell, officer-in-charge of a Kentucky National Guard team that has supported a drive-thru COVID testing and vaccination site for 15 months, speaks during a ceremony to mark its closure in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on June 30, 2021.

July 8, 2021

Ky. Guard Reaches New COVID Milestone with UofL Ending Drive-Thru Testing and Vaccination Site Downtown

The Kentucky National Guard has been working alongside the University of Louisville since March of 2020 in the fight against COVID.

An airman gives a COVID-19 vaccine to a senior Air Force officer

July 1, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic not over, concerns over Delta Variant growing

Nearly 68% of active duty personnel have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with at least one dose. But that still leaves many service members vulnerable to the delta variant of the virus, health officials at the Pentagon said.

Photo By Douglas Stutz | shore line support...Lt. Caitlin Sleight, clinical psychologist, division officer and Marine Corps Security Force Battalion Psychology Liaison for NMRTC Bremerton’s Mental Health Department, was recently selected as the command’s Junior Officer of the Quarter. Her expertise as a clinical psychologist is an apt paradigm of the importance attached to mental health and wellness by Navy Medicine and the Military Health System. “Paying attention to our behavioral health is an important aspect of overall health. It is the foundation of warrior toughness and resiliency for service members,” explained Sleight (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer).

July 1, 2021

I Am Navy Medicine – Lt. Caitlin Sleight, clinical psychologist - at NMRTC Bremerton

The junior officer of the quarter at for Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command (NMRTC) Bremerton admittedly could not have envisioned her current status in Navy Medicine.

Female military member administering vaccine to patient.

June 29, 2021

New COVID-19 Delta Variant: What you need to know to stay safe

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A new and increasingly dangerous variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is rapidly sweeping across the globe. This new variant appears to spread faster, cause more severe disease and is more likely to result in hospitalization. Also, younger people appear to be more susceptible to the new strain, known as the Delta variant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Mr. Scott Palomino, 301st Fighter Wing Airman and Family Readiness Center director, is a survivor of a deadly mortar attack at Balad Air Base, Iraq, April 10, 2004, that took the life of Airman First Class Antoine J. Holt. At the time of the attack, both airmen were assigned to the 603rd Air Control Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Taylor)

June 29, 2021

PTSD: Seeking out Mental Health Care is the First Step to Wellness

FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Service members, family members and veterans who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder may repeatedly re-experience their ordeal as nightmares, flashbacks or frightening thoughts, especially when exposed to events that remind them of their original trauma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

he Fourth of July is celebrated annually through traditions such as barbeques, parties and fireworks, however, it is also a prime time for unnecessary injuries.

June 29, 2021

Fireworks, flames and safety

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan.—The Fourth of July is celebrated annually through traditions such as barbeques, parties and fireworks, however, it is also a prime time for unnecessary injuries.

Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander, along with Command Chief Master Sgt. Wendell Snider, host their “Tough Conversation” series, June 29, 2021 at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland, Texas. This series fosters an open and candid dialogue between 502d ABW senior leaders, service members and civilians of all ranks and backgrounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Robert H. Dabbs)

June 29, 2021

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Definitions and Treatment Options

Posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, can occur after someone goes through or sees a traumatic event such as combat exposure, sexual or physical abuse, a serious accident, natural disaster or an assault.

THMEU provides guidance and a medical treatment plan for all active duty, guard and reserve transgender service members.

June 28, 2021

59th MDW Treats Transgender Service Members

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — In 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order making it possible for transgender service members to openly serve in the military, which further strengthened the Transgender Health Medical Evaluation Unit at the 59th Medical Wing.