Story by Janet A. Aker | Defense Health Agency | 02.07.2023
n the same way that wearing personal protective equipmentopens OSHA.gov like gloves, goggles, and masks can minimize your exposure to hazards that cause serious workplace injuries and illnesses, personal protective nutrition and lifestyle practices can do the same to boost your immunity. This is especially relevant this season, when a “tripledemic” collision of respiratory syncytial......
Story by Shireen Bedi | Air Force Medical Service | 05.29.2020
Proper nutrition is vital to health and wellness, but during the COVID-19 pandemic it is even more important Airmen work to support their immune system through a quality diet....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 02.16.2018
The last case of smallpox in the United States was reported more than 65 years ago, and in 1977 the disease was eradicated due to the development of a vaccine. Vaccinations such as this are critical to protecting our warfighters and the public from biological threats, but many threats still lack countermeasures. Melioidosis, a Centers for Disease Control category B agent, claimed 89,000 lives......
