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The Military Health System – A Medical System Re...

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Jun. 02, 2025
The Military Health System ensures America possesses a medically ready force that is fit to fight at a...
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Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease: What Parents Need...

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May. 19, 2025
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease is a common, contagious viral infection, particularly in children under five...
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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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Collage of four images of uniformed physical therapists helping patients complete upper body exercises.

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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Husband, wife and 2 daughters stand outside of two-story home. Text reads, "January is National Radon Action Month: This is the perfect time to think about testing your home for radon."

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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Blayne Brown is surrounded by his team of health care professionals at Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune on June 25, 2024. Brown was transported to the NMCCL Trauma Center from North Topsail Beach on June 23 after suffering extensive wounds to his right leg from a shark bite. Brown was cared for by a team of providers at NMCCL; he will soon travel home to West Virginia to complete recovery.

June 25, 2024

Boy Bitten by Shark Thanks Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune for Care

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — On June 23, 14-year-old Blayne Brown was transported to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune after suffering extensive wounds to his right leg from a shark bite. Brown thanked the cadre of physicians, corpsmen, nurses, and a physical therapist who have cared for him during his stay.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center hosted its annual Safety Day celebration, Jun. 18 to promote summer safety awareness among staff. The event featured safety experts from various departments providing guidance on preventing injuries from heat, outdoor activities, water recreation, lawn care, and more.

June 20, 2024

Walter Reed Hosts Summer Safety Day

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md. — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command hosted the annual Summer Safety Day event on Naval Support Activity Bethesda June 18, encouraging people to be vigilance to prevent injuries that can come with heat and humidity, outdoor recreation and work, water activities and more during the summer months.

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April 11, 2024

New DAF Mental Health Overview clarifies mental health resources for Airmen, Guardians

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AFNS) — The overview guide contains seven brief chapters that debunk common mental health assumptions, differentiate clinical and non-clinical treatments, and provide guidance on the spectrum of mental health care available for different symptoms and levels of mental distress.

U.S. Air Force personnel assigned to the 36th Medical Group learn to use the Military Health System Genesis program at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 12, 2024. MHS Genesis is an advanced electronic health record, that has replaced several legacy systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Allon Lapaix)

Jan. 18, 2024

MHS GENESIS Deploying in Guam

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam – Military Health System GENESIS deployed here, Jan. 13th, 2023. MHS GENESIS is the Military Health System’s advanced electronic health record that replaced several legacy systems. This system provides greater interoperability of patient information across all military hospitals, clinics and Veteran Affairs.

The front of the Ehrling Bergquist Medical Clinic at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

Dec. 18, 2023

MDG announces holiday season family day schedule

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. — The 55th Medical Group recently announced its holiday season family day schedule for the Ehrling Bergquist Clinic.

Sailors from USNMRTC Okinawa enjoys cake the morning of the MHS GENESIS launch.

Dec. 12, 2023

MHS GENESIS Now Operational in Europe, Pacific

UNITED STATES — MHS GENESIS, the Department of Defense’s new electronic health record, is now operational in the European and Indo-Pacific regions.

Air Force physician chosen to lead military’s largest medical network

Oct. 13, 2023

Air Force Physician Chosen to Lead Military’s Largest Medical Network

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — An Air Force physician with over 30 years of service became the first director of the newly designated Defense Health Network Central, the military’s largest medical network, on Oct. 1.

Anyone Can Get Vaccinated!

Sept. 18, 2023

New COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance for 2023-24

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — 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.

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Aug. 28, 2023

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Receives Level II Trauma Center Designation

PORTSMOUTH, VA —

PORTSMOUTH, Va - PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Aug. 24, 2023) -- Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) has been awarded provisional designation as a Level II Trauma Center by the Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Health.

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Victoria McPhall hands Lt. Laken Koontz an intrauterine device (IUD) at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River. IUDs are one of the many birth control options offered during the clinic’s Walk-in Contraceptive Clinic every Wednesday from 1-2 p.m.

Aug. 24, 2023

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

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — 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.