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Subscribe "Since day one, she has demonstrated that she is the right person for the job, from overseeing the deployment of our National Guard to our vaccination sites, to taking immediate action to keep our veterans safe, to sending National Guard members to our nations capital to defend our democracy. I know that Colonel Hou will bring the same dedication to this job as she has exhibited throughout her entire career, including her tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan." Hous background in both...

Army STARRS New Soldier Study (NSS): The First Days of Service The New Soldier Study (NSS) is one of five main parts of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). Data from the NSS component help the research team learn more about the men and women who chose to enter the military as they begin their Army careers. To capture this information, soldiers were asked, in their first hours of initial entry training, to consider volunteering for Army STARRS. Data col...

Vaccine refusals not being tracked, because ‘demand far outstrips supply,’ Army leaders say Army Spc. Hana Lee receives her first dose of the COVID vaccine Jan. 14. (Kirk Frady/Army) Army officials say they’re not tracking how many soldiers refuse vaccination against the novel coronavirus because the number of troops who want the shot is still greater than the number of doses available. But the gap is closing, and the Pentagon’s pause on administering the Johnson and Johnson vaccine...

Yost, hospital commander (Troop Program Unit), 228th Medical Command Hospital, Forward Detachment 2, U.S. Military Hospital, Operation Spartan Shield, Kuwait, to deputy commander for professional services (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Saint Charles, Missouri. /Public Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edited for clarity, style and length. View in full here. Why? Well, unlike many news organisa...

80% of Active-Duty Soldiers Will Be Vaccinated by July 4th, Army Surgeon General Pledges Soldiers with the 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, pose for a photo before receiving their first round of COVID-19 vaccinations on Jan. 26, 2021, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Medical workers, like these, are the first in the 28th ECAB to receive the vaccinations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Justin Shaffer) 14 Apr 2021 Military.com ...

By Ellen Mitchell - 04/11/21 08:46 PM EDT   The Pentagon is touting its rollout of coronavirus vaccines even as it is unable to say how many service members have actually received COVID-19 vaccinations.  Defense Department (DOD) officials say they have delivered more than 2 million shots, but a lack of hard numbers has made it difficult to determine how many of those have gone into the arms of troops versus military families and civilian employees. The uncertainty was apparent on Frida...

Frustration grows at US military bases overseas over slow pace of vaccine rollout Many members of the American military and their family members stationed outside the US are growing increasingly frustrated at the pace of the coronavirus vaccine rollout on overseas bases which is lagging behind the continental US. Military families based in Europe are fully reliant on military health clinics at their bases to receive vaccines. They are not able to receive doses in the countries they are living i...

Frustration grows at US military bases overseas over slow pace of vaccine roll out Frustration grows at US military bases overseas over slow pace of vaccine rollout CNN 1 hr ago By Ellie Kaufman, CNN © Spencer Platt/Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 26: A pharmacist prepares the Pfizer vaccine at a pop-up vaccination clinic in Chinatown on March 26, 2021 in New York City. In an effort to get more New Yorkers vaccinated against COVID-19, New York City has opened a seri...

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Cardinal Innovations Names New Chief Medical Officer News provided by Share this article Share this article CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Innovations Healthcare has announced the appointment of John A. Johnson, MD, MBA, FACP as Chief Medical Officer. John A. Johnson, MD - Cardinal Innovations Healthcare CMO Johnson will lead medical and behavioral health management and have oversight for all clinical activities, including pharmacy, quality management, and the proper...