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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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Oct. 08, 2024
DHA Network directors and leadership teams from military hospitals and clinics from across the globe, along...
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Military Health Expert Clarifies ‘No Pain No Gai...

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Sep. 30, 2024
Department of Defense active duty service members require medical treatment for injuries almost 5 million...
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three women patient advocates who are a part of the sexual harassment/assault response and prevention program

Aug. 10, 2022

New Army policy better enables victims to report sexual assault

FORT CAMPBELL, KY — A new policy recently implemented by the Army is designed to help remove possible barriers that may prevent Soldiers from reporting sexual assault. Army Directive 2022-10, Safe-to-Report for Victims of Sexual Assault, provides sexual assault victims certain protections from disciplinary action for minor collateral misconduct that may be associated with the sexual assault incident.

Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando) (Lisa Ferdinando)

Sept. 17, 2021

6 Things to Know about the Army's New Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine Policy

On September 14, 2021, the Army announced its plan to comply with the Secretary of Defense’s order requiring all Service members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Sgt. Morgan Evans, a combat medic specialist assigned to 2nd Stryker Brigade Stryker Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the COVID-19 vaccination site located in the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center at Fort Carson, Colorado, on Sept. 1, 2021. The vaccination site provides initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Soldiers and second doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for those completing their series. (Jeanine Mezei)

Sept. 14, 2021

Army Announces Implementation of Mandatory Vaccines for Soldiers

WASHINGTON — The Army outlined its plan today to fully comply with the Secretary of Defense’s order requiring all service members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Painting titled “COVID 7312” by Sgt. 1st Class Curt Loter Acrylic on Canvas, 2021. Army Nurse Sgt. Jahmar Walton prepares to enter a COVID-19 positive room to treat patients. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army Museum Enterprise)

Aug. 9, 2021

Army Artist Unveils New COVID-19 Artwork

FORT BELVOIR, Va. (August 4, 2021)— Two new pieces of art created by the U. S. Army Artist in Residence, Sgt. 1st Class Curt Loter, were unveiled Wednesday August 4 during a ceremony at the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital. The artwork depicts scenes of Army Medical Soldiers responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

Kentucky Army National Guard Col. Jesse Huff, the outgoing preventive medicine officer for the Kentucky Medical Detachment, and Capt. Bryan Parker, the incoming preventive medicine officer, use a cardboard box with dry ice to bait ticks for collection at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, Greenville, Kentucky, June 1, 2021. Huff has been collecting ticks to aid in prevention of tick-borne illnesses for more than 20 years. (photo by U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Lance Mudd)

July 8, 2021

Ticks!

GREENVILLE, Ky. – One Soldier’s passion for preventive medicine became an unusual annual tradition at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky.

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.