Photo by Airman 1st Class Jackson Haddon | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 08.16.2018
U.S. Air Force Maj. Kyle Hiatt, the optometry flight commander at the 97th Medical Operations Squadron, administers eye exams as the optometrist, August 16, 2018, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Hiatt aims to give patients accurate prescriptions so they can perform their day-to-day duties with full effectiveness. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Jackson N. Haddon)...
Photo by Airman 1st Class Jackson Haddon | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 08.16.2018
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ivonn Denton, 97th Medical Operations Squadron NCO in charge of optometry, helps administer eye exams to help patients receive treatment, August 16, 2018, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Receiving an annual eye exam is mandatory in certain career fields and the staff at the optometry flight highly recommend that people get their eyes checked annually. (U.S. Air Force......
Photo by Regena Kowitz | Naval Health Research Center | 03.26.2018
Congressman Scott Peters, left, from California’s 52nd congressional district, visits the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) to learn more about the command and its research capabilities. During a tour of the command’s infectious diseases laboratories, Peters learned about NHRC’s biosurveillance activities to identify and mitigate infectious disease threats to the health and readiness......
Photo by Regena Kowitz | Naval Health Research Center | 03.26.2018
Congressman Scott Peters, center, from California’s 52nd congressional district, visits the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) to learn more about the command and its research capabilities. During a tour, Peters met with researchers and discussed NHRC’s biosurveillance activities to identify and mitigate infectious disease threats that can impact the health and readiness of service......
Courtesy Photo | Defense Health Agency | 11.06.2017
Know your adversary. Female blacklegged ticks (also called deer ticks) are considered more dangerous than males of this species because they attach and become engorged with blood, like the tick pictured. While feeding, they can transmit a parasite that invades your bloodstream and causes babesiosis, which can be treated. Our expert, tick scientist Robyn Nadolny, offers tips for protection......
Photo by Sgt. Garett Hernandez | 1st Cavalry Division | 09.25.2015
Maj. Chris Paolino (top left), head of clinical trials with the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, teaches medics and health care professionals from across the 1st Cavalry Division about viral hemorrhagic fevers during the Tropical Medicine Course at Fort Hood, Texas, Sept. 25. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Garett Hernandez, 1st Cavalry Division public affairs, Released)...
Photo by Sgt. Garett Hernandez | 1st Cavalry Division | 09.25.2015
A team of experts from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, led by Col. Peter Weina, chief of research for WRNMMC, traveled to Fort Hood, Texas, Sept. 25 to teach medics and health care professionals from across the 1st Cavalry Division about diseases from tropical regions of the world. Dubbed the Tropical Medicine Course, students......
