Story by Douglas Stutz | Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton | 11.07.2024
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer -- For those still in need of annual influenza vaccination(s), Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Immunization Clinic is currently stocked with both Influenza and Covid vaccines for ages 6 months and older....
Story by Lt.Cmdr. Brandi Gibson | USNMRTC Sigonella/USNH Sigonella/USNMRTU Bahrain/USNMRTC Sigonella Detachment Souda Bay | 10.18.2024
NMRTC Sigonella Commanding Officer and Executive Officer kick off mass vaccination evolutions at NMRTC Sigonella, Catania Italy...
Courtesy Story | Defense Health Agency | 10.17.2024
The fall and winter months bring an increased risk of respiratory illnesses, including flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus. Getting your flu shot is an easy way to help ward off illness. The vaccine lowers your chance of getting sick, going to the hospital, or even dying from the flu....
Story by Douglas Stutz | Naval Hospital Bremerton/Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Bremerton | 01.05.2024
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs officer – Coughing, hacking and sneezing might not be the official sounds of winter, but these sounds of sinus are a reminder that cold and flu season is still in the air....
Story by C.J. Lovelace | U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command | 10.31.2023
FORT DETRICK, Md. -- The cooler temperatures of fall traditionally usher in yearly influenza spikes all around the globe, and this year is expected to be much of the same....
Story by JOHN DWYER | Defense Logistics Agency | 03.15.2022
Thanks to early action and teamwork between Defense Logistics Agency partners, three contracts totaling 3.4 million doses of the influenza vaccine were awarded Feb. 25, meaning DLA will start receiving shipments of the inoculations in August, well ahead of the 2022-2023 flu season. The awards went to three vendors with a total maximum value of $70.4 million and will satisfy the needs of......
Story by Bernard Little | Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | 12.06.2021
This year’s National Influenza Vaccination Week, observed Dec. 5-11, serves as a reminder for people 6 months and older who haven’t received the flu vaccine, there’s still time to get it....
Story by JOHN DWYER | Defense Logistics Agency | 05.11.2021
The Defense Logistics Agency received 87,980 doses of a flu vaccine April 28 intended to support warfighters in the southern hemisphere to meet Department mandates. DLA Troop Support’s Medical directorate’s $1.25 million contract is in support of the March 2020 Defense Health Agency memo that requires service members stationed or performing duty in the southern hemisphere to receive an......
