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Aug. 29, 2024
How AFMES Members Balance Duty and Community
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — At the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, the dedication to service transcends the lab coats and sterile environments of their daily responsibilities. These men and women are committed to something greater than themselves—both within the walls of their workplace and outside in the communities they serve.
Aug. 27, 2024
Military Health Information Technology Focus of DHITS 2024
DALLAS, Texas — The 2024 Defense Health Information Technology Symposium kicked off in Dallas, Texas, with Patrick (Pat) Flanders, chief information officer for the Defense Health Agency, touching on the Department of Defense’s efforts to modernize health care, providing enterprise intelligence and data solutions, and looking to the future.
Aug. 21, 2024
Military Honors Mothers, Infants by Supporting Breastfeeding
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 60 percent of mothers in the U.S. stop breast feeding sooner than planned, and that only one out of four infants are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, the medically recommended duration. The DOD and service military policies have been created and updated to ensure military mothers have the time, resources, and leadership support to breastfeed for six months after birth.
Aug. 14, 2024
Low Vision: What it is and How You Can Function with the Right Treatment Plan
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Service members are often exposed to a variety of hazards in combat, training, or daily activities, on and off duty, including situations that may affect their vision.
Aug. 9, 2024
Targeted Care for Mental Health Issues Rolling Out Across Department of Defense
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Targeted care offers the right mental health resources for each individual as it begins rolling out across the Department of Defense.
Aug. 6, 2024
Burn Pit Registry Redesign Auto Enrolls Participants and Simplifies Requirements
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — 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
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — 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
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — 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
FALLS CHURCH, Va — 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.
Preserving Sight to Fight by Ensuring Effective Military Eye Protection
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — 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.