Story by Zeke Gonzalez | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | 11.19.2025
For 2 years, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Europe—Middle East has collaborated with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense to identify and analyze the emergence of multidrug-resistant organisms, commonly called MDROs, on the front lines of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. MDROs are microorganisms, mostly bacteria, which have evolved to become resistant to some of the medicines,......
Story by Ken Cornwell | Defense Health Agency | 09.08.2025
The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, a public health component of the Defense Health Agency and the U.S. military’s central public health entity for global health surveillance, protects against threats through timely, relevant, comprehensive, and actionable health surveillance information and support....
Courtesy Story | Defense Health Agency | 04.03.2023
It's National Public Health Awareness Week from April 5-11, and Defense Health Agency Public Health is committed to recognizing the health professionals and support staff caring for the total health of the joint force, military services, and the Department of Defense global community....
Courtesy Story | Naval Health Research Center | 02.09.2018
Capt. Joel Roos, Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) commanding officer, met with leaders and scientists at the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC), Feb. 6....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 12.14.2016
Today’s digitally connected world is filled with clues about the next epidemic. People across the globe post and share real-time information that includes indicators of potential disease, but piecing together key bits of data amidst the terabytes of tweets, news reports and blog posts is similar to finding a needle in a haystack. In an ongoing effort by the Defense Threat Reduction......
Courtesy Story | Naval Health Research Center | 04.19.2016
SAN DIEGO – The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) was cleared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to test clinical specimens for Zika virus April 4....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar | Air Forces Southern | 04.01.2016
During the 2016 FIDAE Air and Space Trade Show, several Airmen from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., teamed up with members from the Air Mobility Command to participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Chilean air force on the use of the Transport Isolation System, a medical transportation system capable of moving highly contagious individuals around......
Courtesy Story | Naval Health Research Center | 03.21.2016
Scientists from the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) held a two-day meeting to discuss progress and goals for a joint biosurveillance project, March 7-8....
