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WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announces his intent to appoint the following individuals to serve in key roles: Jenna Ben-Yehuda, Member, Board of

By Janet A. Aker, MHS Communications / Published May 18, 2021 U.S. Army General Gustave Perna credited “the true unsung heroes” of the COVID-19 pandemic, “the over 100,000 Americans who supported clinical trials, who made delivering hundreds of millions of vaccines possible.” Perna made his remarks virtually to the Henry Jackson Foundation “Heroes of Military Medicine” awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., where he was honored for his senior leadership of the COVID-1...

6 Fresh on the heels of a more than year-long effort to help combat the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s Lt. Col. Michelle Colacicco-Mayhugh was honored as a 2021 Hero of Military Medicine award winner on May 6 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. The award, which recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals dedicated to advancing the ideals and reach of military medicine, is presented a...

U.S. military uses 3D printing to make N95 respirators By (0) Air Force Maj. Daniel Williams demonstrates the fit of an N95 elastomeric half-mask respirator, which is among the designs that the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity has been testing after 3D printing them. Photo by Jeffrey Soares/U.S. Army Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is using 3D printing technology to produce N95 respirators, the chief of the Defense Departments medi...

Share this article Share this article SAN DIEGO, Jan. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cue Health Inc. (Cue) announced today that its molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 Tests are being distributed to five additional states, including Colorado, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Utah, as part of the joint $481 million program with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD). This expansion doubles the number of states participating in the program. C...

6 Following a year of intense dedication to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command’s sprawling efforts to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic, LTC Michelle Colacicco-Mayhugh has been named a 2021 Heroes of Military Medicine award winner. The award, which honors outstanding contributions by individuals dedicated to advancing the ideals and reach of military medicine, is presented by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc....