In the rainforest town of Brownsweg, where roads fade into jungle and hospitals are hours away, the weight of entire communities’ health care rests on one doctor.

The Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record Program Management Office recognized at 25th annual Department of War CIO Annual Awards Program. The system improves how the department tracks, understands, and responds to occupational and environmental exposures over a service member’s career.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth is at the forefront of enhancing the physical readiness of military members in the Hampton Roads area with the launch of a new virtual physical therapy program called Sword Thrive. This initiative, part of a pilot program by the Defense Health Agency, addresses common barriers to care, such as packed schedules, travel ...

The Breast Health Clinic within the Department of Surgery at Womack Army Medical Center has launched an important new partnership with Otogenetics Corporation aimed at improving and expediting access to genetic testing for patients. This collaboration brings advanced, in-house genetic testing capabilities directly to the clinic, significantly reducing ...

Naval Health Research Center scientists spent six days this winter at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California, doing research in the Sierra Nevada. Working in air temperature hovering at 19 degrees Fahrenheit and with water temperatures at 34 degrees, researchers are working to give U.S. warfighters the tools to win ...

Department of War medical personnel receive prestigious awards from The Society of Federal Health Professionals. The awardees were honored for leadership, exceptional professionalism, and dedication to the mission of advancing federal health care.

Uniformed Services University scientists are leveraging whole genome sequencing to unlock new insights into neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Being named civilian of the year is a significant professional milestone. For Paula Curielabreu, the Naval Medical Forces Pacific’s Fiscal Year 2025 Civilian of the Year, it is more than an accomplishment. In a command whose core mission is the health and readiness of the nation’s warfighters, the award brings her life’s purpose into “full perspective ...

Cmdr. Richard Thompson assigned to Branch Health Clinic Everett as senior medical officer has been named in the latest Quarterly Joint Outpatient Experience Survey report as ‘Best of the Best,’ a recognition of top-performing clinics and providers based on patient satisfaction survey data.

Are you enrolled in a TRICARE Prime plan? If you see a primary care manager at a military hospital or clinic, you may now have a new way to get urgent care. The Defense Health Agency has expanded its virtual urgent care options in the U.S. This allows TRICARE Prime enrollees ages 12 and older to schedule virtual urgent care through the Military Health ...

The Defense Health Agency Director, Dr. David Smith, showcased a significant breakthrough in combat casualty care when he visited San Antonio, Texas, in April 2025, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Breakthrough Device Designation to the "AI-GUIDE" system, with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory.

In late 2025, Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point received national recognition for its dedication to patient care and safety.

Alessandro Colombo, a 48-year-old IT consultant, began treatment for a rare form of urachal bladder cancer in his native Italy. However, when his doctors discovered the tumor had turned metastatic, they had no standard treatment to offer him beyond chemotherapy.

The Medical Logistics department at Naval Medical Center San Diego has been awarded the Commander's Cup in recognition of its critical support services role in executing the hospital's mission of optimizing health and enhancing readiness.

Navy Medicine conducted its first pilot test of the Operational Medicine Care Delivery Platform aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carney to bring modern, seamless patient care to service members aboard ships, Dec. 1-12.