For Sarah Thompson, a future with less pain felt like distant hope. Suffering from spondylolisthesis, a painful slippage of a vertebral body, Thompson endured chronic back pain, severe radiating leg pain, and weakness in her foot.

The U.S. Air Force Surgeon General’s Space Force Medical Operations Directorate is directing its focus in 2026 on its most vital component: the medical experts who support the Guardian warfighter.

As cold and flu season progresses across the Midwest, Munson Army Health Center encourages service members, families, retirees, and federal employees to join in a proactive effort to reduce illness and strengthen community readiness.

CDC advisories regarding mosquito-borne disease outbreaks underscore the critical need for surveillance, education, and prevention to protect deployed service members.

The Tri-Service Optician School, a directorate of the Naval Medical Leader and Professional Development Command (NMLPDC), held its graduation ceremony for class 25005 in Yorktown, Virginia on Jun. 23, 2025.

The air at Madigan Army Medical Center, usually filled with the focused calm of medical diligence, was alight with a special kind of joy as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Day.

The Air Force announced an update to its physical fitness assessment standards and implementation timeline.

Retired Navy Captain and USU pathologist Dr. Barbara Ritschel credits the adaptability of her military training for her success in providing frontline medical care to international visitors during a humanitarian mission with the Order of Malta.

Serving 9.5 million beneficiaries, the Department of War’s sole Medical Genetics Center laboratory, hosted on Keesler, supports military medical facilities around the globe with centralized testing and consultative service.

Navy Medicine conducted its first pilot test of the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carney to bring modern, seamless patient care to service members aboard ships, Dec. 1-12.

Ebola first appeared in 1976 during two outbreaks in Central Africa. The first recognized outbreak occurred in Yambuku, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). A total of 318 people became sick, and 280 died.

Airmen assigned to the 449th Air Expeditionary Group, in conjunction with Army, Marine Corps and Navy partners, conducted readiness training at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, during Exercise Pale Serpent, Dec. 26–29, 2025.

Tripler Army Medical Center is excited to announce the arrival of the first babies of 2026, bringing joy to the facility and the local community

Service to others runs deep for Logan T. Pentz, a Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) from Havre de Grace, Maryland, currently assigned to Naval Medical Readiness and Training Command Rota.

USU researchers reveal science-backed strategies to optimize your daily habits—from coffee timing to cellular defense—for improved health and resilience this New Year.