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The Military Health System is an interconnected network of service members whose mission is to support the lives and families of those who support our country. Everyday in the MHS advancements are made in the lab, in the field, and here at home. These are just a few articles highlighting those accomplishments that don't always make it to the front page of local papers.

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Feb. 4, 2025

DOD Leaders Take Action to Fix Walter Reed Flooding, Maintenance Issues

Recently appointed Department of Defense leadership visited the hospital on Feb. 1, 2025, to survey the damage. Darin Selnick (front center), the official performing the duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, listens to U.S. Navy Cmdr. Russel Jarvis (right), Walter Reed’s chief of facilities, explain the extent of the water damage in a mechanical room. On the left is Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. David Smith.

Aging infrastructure and deferred maintenance due to underfunding in recent years led to flooding at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, a hub of urgent, high-priority care for wounded service members and the facility at which the President of the United States is treated.

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Feb. 1, 2025

Surveillance Snapshot: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Incidence in Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2017–2023

This analysis utilizes an updated case definition for non-Hodgkin lymphoma developed by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, based on consultation with subject matter experts and previous literature, to establish non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence within the U.S. Armed Forces active component, from 2017 through 2023.

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Feb. 1, 2025

External Cause Coding of Injury Encounters in the Military Health System Among Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2016–2019

Knowledge of injury causes is essential for prevention. This article describes causes of injury for all U.S. service members, from 2016 through 2019, and identifies variations in injury cause coding over time, and by branch of military service, type of health care visit and facility, and diagnosis category.

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Feb. 1, 2025

Development of a New Fleet Disease and Injury Surveillance Capability Using ESSENCE

This report details the steps taken to develop a timely, accurate, and comprehensive Navy fleet disease and injury surveillance capability, utilizing ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics), including the successes and challenges that will guide further refinement and expansion of this tool.

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Jan. 31, 2025

Mental Health Resources from the Uniformed Services University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Translated for Global Audiences

The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress works leverages a team of professionals from around the world to translate emotional health content to support disaster relief

Nearly 30 resources developed by the Uniformed Services University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress have been translated into various languages, expanding accessibility to global audiences in need of mental health support during disaster response efforts.

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Jan. 29, 2025

U.S. Army North Exercise Tests Biological Threat Response

Participants, including those representing U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, U.S. Army service component commands, combat support agencies, and other Department of Defense and federal partners took part in a three-day tabletop exercise

During a December 2024 first-of-its-kind, tabletop exercise on responding to biological incidents, the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases’ objective was to evaluate gaps in how forces identify and respond to biological incidents, and to discuss improving biological threat preparation and prevention, early warning, response, ...

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Jan. 28, 2025

Ghana Armed Forces and U.S. Army Medics Build Partnerships Through Training

Ghana Armed Forces Capt. Emmanuel Oti Boateng and U.S. Army Spc. Danielle Soberanis, a medic assigned to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force Africa, assess a simulated casualty during the partner medical training exercise

Augustine Akagri was a Warrant Officer Class II in the Ghana Armed Forces with 15 years of combat medical experience and a Ghana Jungle Badge. He believed he was ready for any challenge—until he faced the U.S. Army Combat Fitness Test in subzero temperatures. The resilience skills he had learned during a session with U.S. Army Chaplain Capt. Allen ...

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Jan. 27, 2025

A Corpsman’s Heroic Actions Save the Life of a Marine

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Billy Bui

In August 2024, the Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment were practicing daytime land navigation at Camp Talega on Camp Pendleton. U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class Billy Bui then received a call to help with an unresponsive Marine.

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