Story by Paul Lagasse | Medical Research and Development Command | 07.09.2025
The U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases recently demonstrated its ability to rapidly deploy a comprehensive biosurveillance capability overseas as part of African Lion 2025, U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual joint exercise. USAMRIID’s participation highlighted the innovative biosurveillance capabilities in its arsenal for providing actionable data to combatant......
Story by Walter Ham | 20th CBRNE Command | 06.23.2025
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – A U.S. Army entomologist took third place in the Excellence in Competition (EIC) match at the 64th Annual Inter-service Rifle Championship at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, June 6 – 10, and earned the U.S. Army Silver EIC Rifle badge....
Story by Jamie Livengood | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | 09.12.2024
The river is the heart of the Nyagacho area of Kericho, Kenya, in more ways than one. Flowing through the center of the settlement, it’s a hub of community activity where people gather to bathe, wash clothes and water cattle. The river also receives an inflow of wastewater, leaving sections of the waterway contaminated and teeming with potentially harmful germs. While most would......
Story by Elsa Moseley | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | 05.01.2024
Army Emergency Relief Fund CEO and retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston visited the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research to speak with Service Members and leaders on how AER supports financial readiness during a town hall Feb. 22. The town hall served as one of the first opportunities to promote the 2024 AER campaign, and Grinston emphasized how AER assistance can help members......
Courtesy Story | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | 04.05.2024
Scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research’s (WRAIR) One Health Branch partnered with the Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine and Ghana’s Navrongo Health Research Centre to teach a STEM curriculum on collecting climate data for zoonotic disease prevention in three Ghanaian high schools. Through this program, the Navrongo Integrated Surveillance......
Story by Walter Ham | 20th CBRNE Command | 08.25.2023
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – A team of U.S. Army infectious disease experts are working together to gather and analyze the genomic sequence of mosquitos following the first confirmed non-travel related malaria case in Maryland in more than 40 years....
Story by Amy Blencowe | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | 06.26.2023
The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research held a Headquarters and Headquarters Company change of command ceremony at Forrest Glen Annex, June 26. Maj. Shanee E. Allen relinquished command to Capt. John R. Resch, during the ceremony which was presided by Col. Chad Koenig, WRAIR’s commander....
Story by Ricky Agyekum | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | 05.10.2023
Members from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution hosted the second annual One Health Symposium, May 10. The event brought together ecologists, biologists, veterinarians, senior leaders, and more from different government and military agencies to highlight prospects for One Health approaches to research and to promote collaborations. It......
