Photo by Douglas Holl | Defense Health Agency | 05.14.2024
Robyn Nadolny (left), chief of the Defense Health Agency-Public Health vector-borne disease branch, works with U.S. Army Spc. Taylor Cremeans to identify a tick for the MilTICK program. MilTICK SURE Path uses MilTICK specimens already submitted, and subjects them to additional testing for rare pathogens at the end of each calendar year. The SURE Path program allows the VBD team to better......
Photo by Graham Snodgrass | Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen | 04.14.2022
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and active-duty servicemembers training outdoors as well as other Department of Defense personnel and beneficiaries working outside or simply enjoying the weather should be aware of ticks and the threats they can pose....
Photo by Michelle Gigante | 88th Air Base Wing | 04.21.2017
U. S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Public Health Education Division students, Capt. Ryan Joerres (right, front), 1st Lt. Lara Esin (right, back), Capt. Michele Balihe (left, front), and Capt. Caroline Brooks (left, back), view medically significant insects inside the entomology lab at the 88th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, April 21, 2017. The......