FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in 98 Texas counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through May 27, 2024, due to storm damage.

Virtual group therapy is an effective option for service members and family members with mental health challenges, especially in remote areas or overseas, who may not have access to onsite group therapy.

A Munson Army Health Center Soldier was among 48 United States and International Service Members on Fort Leavenworth to earn the coveted German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the expansion of a partnership with the Department of Defense to increase VA health care access for Veterans in Virginia. The forthcoming agreement provides the opportunity for Veterans to receive care at the Langley VA Clinic inside the Langley Air Force Base Hospital located on Joint Base Langley-Eustis.

Throughout the month of April, William Beaumont Army Medical Center observed SAAPM through a series of events that created awareness and education on the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response Program.

For the first time in U.S. Army medicine history, an Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 32-bed field hospital was activated and issued. In in APS-2 history, it was also the first time an equipment configuration and hand-off area were established at Dülmen, Germany, to support this mission.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, providers from a variety of disciplines take a holistic approach to mental health, bringing awareness to how nutrition, stress, exercise, environmental exposures and more can have a profound effect.

After months of planning and collaboration, Defense Health Agency and Department of Veterans Affairs leadership celebrated the grand opening of a new VA clinic within the military clinic at Sabal Park with a ribbon-cutting May 13, 2024.

On May 6, 2024, Naval Health Clinic Lemoore launched Nurses Week with the Blessing of the Hands. This small ceremony is where a chaplain or spiritual leader blesses each nurse. The chaplain from Carrier Air Wing 17, U.S. Navy Lt. Kurt Hagestuen, blessed the hands of participating nurses.

Group therapy for mental health challenges is an effective way to get help.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in five Mississippi counties may receive emergency prescription refills now through May 24, 2024, due to storm damage.

Health informaticists play a vital part in enhancing military health care. “The role of the health informaticist is to bridge the gap between the activities of health care and the capabilities of technology,” said U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Thomas J. Cantilina, chief health informatics officer for the Defense Health Agency.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 500,000 people in the U.S. have a serious allergic condition called alpha-gal syndrome, or AGS, also known as the red-meat allergy or tick-bite meat allergy.

Hearing problems—such as hearing loss and tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing in the ears—are the leading conditions for service-connected disability compensation. To prevent these conditions, the military requires routine hearing readiness testing which has been limited by the use of specialized booths. To increase testing ability, military audiology ...

New TRICARE contracts, known as T-5, will start on Jan. 1, 2025. The new contracts will improve health care delivery, quality, and access for beneficiaries living in the United States.