As the nation continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing cases because of the Omicron variant, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) is supporting President Joe Biden’s mobilization of 1,000 service members to assist in locations nationwide where hospitals have been overwhelmed due to staffing shortages. More than 400 of those mobilized medical providers will come from the National Capital Regional Market.
January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, observed to increase recognition and understanding of the disease which claims the lives of approximately 300,000 women worldwide annually.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has stepped up its COVID-19 response as new cases surge across the country, due in large part to the emergence of the extremely contagious Omicron Variant.
The usual annual blood donor challenge between the Navy and the Army has ended. The Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's challenge is held annually to attract military blood donors to donate blood for the hospital and troops on deployment abroad.
The Eagle Zone on Building 10 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has been ablaze with peaceful lights since the morning of Dec. 2. The candle lights are in celebration of the light of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light.
