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TRICARE Message to West Region Beneficiaries

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Feb. 03, 2025

A message to West Region TRICARE beneficiaries from the Defense Health Agency Director.
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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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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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Defense Health Agency’s Virtual Education Center...

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Dec. 03, 2024

The Defense Health Agency’s Virtual Education Center, managed by the DHA Medical Simulation and Training...
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The Defense Health Network – National Capital Re...

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Nov. 21, 2024

The Defense Health Network – National Capital Region is proud to announce the launch of the Defense Health...
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Section 508 Accessibility Empowers Patients To M...

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Oct. 31, 2024

Defense Health Agency Section 508 digital accessibility and usability law update given by office program...
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Medical Leaders Provide Update on DOD's Health C...

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Oct. 15, 2024

All service members and their families deserve quality care, better access to treatment centers, health care...
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Aug. 6, 2024

Burn Pit Registry Redesign Auto Enrolls Participants and Simplifies Requirements

The Department of Veterans Affairs is advancing efforts to address issues associated with military-related toxic exposure by launching a redesigned Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry.

July 29, 2024

DHA Veterinary Services Explains Updated CDC Dog Importation Guidelines

Service members and their families returning to the United States from overseas duty assignments will be subject to updated dog importation requirements effective Aug. 1, 2024.

July 25, 2024

DHA Public Health Launches MilTICK SURE Path: Surveillance for Understudied, Rare Emerging Pathogens

The MilTICK program is expanding its disease surveillance to include deadly emerging pathogens. MilTICK SURE Path is a critical tool for defense public health entomology and public health officials in tracking emerging disease threats.

July 11, 2024

Mosquito Season Is Here! DHA Public Health Experts Provide Advice to Protect Yourself from Vector-Borne Diseases

Vector-borne diseases, or VBDs, pose a risk to U.S. service members during military training exercises, operations, response missions, and deployments outside the continental U.S. Malaria and dengue fever, the VBDs most commonly experienced by the military in the last 12 years, are transmitted by mosquitoes. Service members, family members, and Department of Defense civilians should follow the three “Ds” of mosquito protection: Drain, Dress and Defend.

July 11, 2024

Preserving Sight to Fight by Ensuring Effective Military Eye Protection

Despite the continued development of munitions that create new types of blast fragments that can injure eyes, evidence indicates decreasing rates of eye injuries in the military.

Sept. 18, 2023

New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for 2023-24

This page is being updated based on the Sept. 12, 2023, decision and recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID-19 illness this fall and winter.

Aug. 24, 2023

Military Health System: How Ideas Are Adopted to Help Patients, Providers

New evidence-based practices can improve health care, yet they don’t always get adopted. There are many reasons for this, including a lack of awareness, lack of training and implementation support, and a reluctance to doing things differently than in the past—to name a few. Even mandates to adopt a certain new service or practice may not overcome some of these barriers.

July 17, 2023

Defense Health Agency’s Top Noncommissioned Officer ‘Aims High’

Defense Health Agency Noncommissioned Officer of the Year U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Fisher competed in the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Noncommissioned Officer of Year competition in Washington, D.C in May 2023. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in August 2023.

July 17, 2023

Department of Defense Stateside Deployment of MHS GENESIS Complete

Deployment of MHS GENESIS, the Military Health System’s new electronic health record, is complete at military hospitals and clinics in the continental United States, and now sights are set on transitioning overseas this fall.

June 30, 2023

How to minimize service member, family stress during PCS season

For many service members, the general rotation for a permanent change of station is every two to four years. Regardless of how many times a military family has moved, each move varies and each family member responds differently to the transition. The process of relocating during the PCS season can induce stress in response to changes to living arrangements, employment, schools, routines, social activities and new support networks.