The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in two California counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through Jan. 17, 2025, due to the Palisades Fire.

The Leapfrog Group has named two Defense Health Agency hospitals among the best in the nation. This shows the military's strong focus on keeping patients safe and providing high-quality care.

As the Military Health System continues its mission to deliver high-quality health care, it must also prepare for a future driven by artificial intelligence.

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the 166th Regiment—Regional Training Institute completed a combat lifesaver course. The 40-hour program covered a wide variety of topics pertaining to medical field care, providing advanced first aid and lifesaving techniques in combat situations.

The Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as National Radon Action Month, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen the last week of January as Radon Awareness Week. This is the perfect time to think about testing your home for radon.

Uniformed Services University professor of surgery awarded one of the nation's highest civilian honors.

Since being officially designated as a clinic and the Military Health System's first crisis stabilization unit in December 2024, U.S. Naval Hospital Guam has successfully treated 246 active duty service members experiencing mental health emergencies.

Abstracts for the 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium are due by Feb. 16, 2025. MHSRS is the Department of Defense’s premier scientific meeting for the unique medical needs of the warfighter. The annual symposium provides a collaborative environment for military medical care providers with deployment experience, DOD scientists, ...

Do you currently live in the West Region? Or, do you live in one of the six states that moved to the West Region on Jan. 1? If you pay for your TRICARE coverage using a bank electronic funds transfer, credit card, or debit card, you must now securely give your recurring payment information to the West Region contractor, TriWest Healthcare Alliance.

U.S. Air Force and Space Force Surgeon General U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John J. DeGoes emphasized communication to ensure that medics are well-informed and connected to the mission.

The Army Recovery Care Program has fourteen parts across the country. At a ARCP Summit held at Fort Belvoir, a keen focus on handling struggles in life was a hot topic. The Struggle Well program is a new program that will help in this process.

December was global health engagement month, and the command highlighted the significant contributions team members at the United States Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Sigonella, Sicily, Italy, made toward 2024 global health engagement efforts.

A small group of Maine Army National Guard members and guests gathered at the Regional Training Institute in Bangor on Dec. 8, 2024, to witness U.S. Army National Guard Lt. Col. Joel Dunn become the first Maine National Guard member inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit.

The Medical Education and Training Campus was granted reaffirmation of its nationally recognized institutional accreditation status effective Dec. 12, 2024, following more than a year of intensive preparation that culminated in an on-site campus assessment that took place Aug. 6-7 in San Antonio, Texas.

This study applied the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division (AFHSD) case definition for the identification of malignant brain tumors among U.S. active service members to the dependent pediatric population of the active component of the U.S. Air Force, to determine the positive predictive value of this case definition for a pediatric population.