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Uniformed Services University Shares Vital Research on Military Health at Meetings on Ukraine
Uniformed Services University experts discuss brain health and mental health challenges for Ukrainian service members.
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The mobile dental unit tour bus specifically outfitted with x-ray capabilities and three operatory stations provided routine dental care to enhance Fort Irwin’s dental capabilities. (Photo courtesy of United Concordia Companies.)
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Gragg (right) bumps elbows with Army Surgeon General and Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, last June. Gragg emphasized the critical importance for each member of a team to understand everyone’s role during an AMSUS panel last week. (Photo by U.S. Army Photo by Rebecca Westfall, MEDCOM/OTSG.)
A potential COVID-19 vaccine is currently in the testing stage in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo courtesy of Johnson & Johnson.)
Gragg emphasized the critical importance for each member of a team to understand everyone’s role.
While Pfizer’s vaccine is being distributed to all U.S. jurisdictions for administration, several more candidates are in development and clinical trials continue to be conducted simultaneously with pharmaceutical partners.
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The need for family dentistry at Fort Irwin was the result of losing their network civilian dentist on base last spring.
The Defense Health Agency’s Too Much to Lose campaign provides education and prevention resources to service members focused on the prevention of risky drug use. (Photo by Christine Cabalo, Marine Corps Base Hawaii.)
Army Capt. (Dr.) Isaiah Horton, an internal medicine provider at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, receives a COVID-19 vaccination, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 14, 2020. (Photo by Lisa Ferdinando, DOD.)
The first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), with distribution being conducted in phases, Dec. 14. NMCSD and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton (NHCP) were selected by the DOD's COVID Task Force based on recommendations from the military services and U.S. Coast Guard, to best support several criteria to include anticipated supply chain requirements, such as cold and bulk storage facilities; local population of at least 1,000 priority personnel across the military services; and sufficient medical personnel to administer vaccines and actively monitor vaccine recipients. NMCSD’s mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services and shape the future of military medicine through education, training and research. (Photo by Navy Mass Communications Petty Officer First Class Vernishia Vaughn-Lucas.)
[T]he first doses of the vaccine will be given to frontline health care workers and first responders, including emergency medical services personnel, security forces, and other essential personnel.
"This is a very important day, not just for the Department of Defense, but for our nation," Miller said before getting his vaccination.
Too Much to Lose focuses on preventing prescription drug misuse and illicit and prohibited drug use.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Misty Poitra, in blue, and Air Force Senior Airman Chris Cornette, both of the 119th Medical Group, collect throat swabs during COVID-19 rapid drive-through testing in Fargo, North Dakota. In the background, North Dakota Army National Guard soldiers gather test subject data. (Photo by Chief Master Sgt. David H. Lipp, Air National Guard.)
A crushing and all too preventable loss…NHB/NMRTC Bremerton provided a visual reminder on the deadly dangers of drinking and driving posting the remains of what used to be a new car, demolished by the drunk driver after speeding over 90 miles per hours, causing a collision, and killing the passenger. (Photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton.)
The COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma, or CCP, collection campaign was a significant success in 2020. The DOD surpassed its goal by collecting more than 10,000 CCP units. The collection of CCP will to continue next year as well. (Photo by Jaciyn Matanane, Naval Hospital Guam.)
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