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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kansas -- A group of military health professionals from Munson Army Health Center recently participated in a one-day continuing education Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Symposium in Overland Park, Kansas designed to enhance their medical readiness skills in rehabilitative musculoskeletal care and orthopedics. Events like this play a key role in ensuring military medical teams remain ready and on the cutting edge of their healthcare specialties, reinforcing the idea that medicine is a constantly evolving practice to improve patient outcomes.

Munson Rehabilitation Team Participates in Hands-On Training Symposium

April 28, 2025

Events like this play a key role in ensuring military medical teams remain ready and on the cutting edge of their healthcare specialties.


JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON - (Feb. 25, 2025) – Dr. Daniel Thompson (left), a research scientist assigned to Craniofacial Health and Restorative Medicine, Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, briefs research on BoneTape implants to Rear Adm. Matthew Case, director, U.S. Navy Medical Service Corps at the Battlefield Health and Trauma Research Institute. Case, who additional serves as the director of the Navy Medical Service Corps, visited NAMRU San Antonio to better understand the unit’s mission, capabilities, and impact to Navy Medicine. NAMRU San Antonio is one of eight research laboratories within Navy Medicine Research and Development. Its mission is to conduct gap driven combat casualty care, craniofacial, and directed energy research to improve survival, operational readiness, and safety of Department of Defense personnel engaged in routine and expeditionary operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Burrell Parmer, NAMRU San Antonio Public Affairs/Released)

NAMRU San Antonio Researchers Collaborate for Novel Bone Fracture Fixation Technology

April 28, 2025

BoneTape, a flexible, resorbable tape intended to stabilize broken bones around the face and head, has been a part of this research portfolio since 2024.


U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 35th Medical Group simulate medical treatment for a casualty actor during an Emergency Management exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 28, 2024. Routine exercises enable the 35th Fighter Wing to assess and enhance its emergency management capabilities, preparing it to address emerging threats and challenges while deterring adversaries by demonstrating its readiness and adaptability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Boyle)

Air Force medical leaders address reorganization challenges

April 28, 2025

While change may create temporary uncertainty, it’s critical to understand this transformation is designed to empower installation commanders, not hinder them.


Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signs a memorandum regarding medical waivers at the Pentagon, April 24, 2025.

Defense Secretary Orders Review of Medical Standards for Military Enlistment

April 28, 2025

The memo, addressed to senior Pentagon leadership, ensures recruits meet the high physical and mental standards required for service.


Spring is one of the most important times of year to become “tick smart” by learning about the risks ticks pose and how to avoid tick bites. Ticks are tiny and can be hard to notice — even after they bite — because of chemicals in their saliva that make them invisible to our body’s defenses. And while not every tick is infected with a disease-causing pathogen, one unlucky bite can infect a person with one or even multiple disease agents. (Defense Health Agency-Public Health graphic illustration by Rachel Stershic)

It’s time to get ‘Tick Smart’ about Lyme disease

April 25, 2025

Spring is one of the most important times of year to become “tick smart” by learning about the risks ticks pose and how to avoid tick bites.


USU faculty led discussions at a forum on advancing musculoskeletal injury care for service members, detailing progress on the new USU Musculoskeletal Hub and future initiatives. (Photo courtesy of MIRROR)

USU Faculty Lead Discussions on Advancing Warrior Athlete Musculoskeletal Injury Care

April 25, 2025

USU experts played a pivotal role in a recent forum addressing musculoskeletal injuries, charting future strategies for readiness and well-being.


Behind each diagnosis from Navy Hospital Bremerton is a dedicated medical laboratory technician committed to precision, quality, and operational readiness care. These active duty and civilian professionals are the unsung heroes who work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure accurate test results and the best possible care in direct support of operational readiness and patient care. Medical Laboratory Professionals Week - April 20-26, 2025 - is an annual recognition of medical laboratory professionals and pathologists who are crucial in health care delivery to active duty, retirees and dependents (official Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jennifer Benedict, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton Public Affairs)

NHB Lab Technicians ensure Readiness Health

April 25, 2025

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is an annual recognition of medical laboratory professionals and pathologists who are crucial in health care delivery


One of the displays for the AFDIL meet & greet on International DNA Day, April 25, 2025 at the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System, Dover Air Force Base, Del.

DNA...It's In Our Blood

April 25, 2025

In 2003, the United States Senate and House of Representatives declared April 25th “DNA Day”.


The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has recognized the monoclonal antibody 1F5 (MBP1F5), which USU developed, as a top innovation for 2024, due to its potential to protect against the deadly Nipah virus. (Image credit: Melissa Martin, USU. Photo by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Nipah Virus cell image credit NIAID)

USU-developed monoclonal antibody against Nipah virus recognized as top health innovation

April 24, 2025

The Nipah virus is a persistent health security threat, capable of causing severe illness with a fatality rate as high as 90 percent.


Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Commander, Col. Garrick Cramer and Command Sgt. Maj. James Brown welcomed the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense - Health Affairs, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, to a visit at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center 17 April.

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs visits CRDAMC hosts town hall

April 24, 2025

Dr. Ferrara received a comprehensive overview of CRDAMC’s operations from hospital commander Col. Garrick Cramer.