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NAMRU-SA partakes in virtual San Antonio postdoctoral research forum

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1/19/2021
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For NAMRU-SA it was an opportunity to highlight the unit’s battlefield health and trauma care initiatives.

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MHS operational innovations continue in battle against COVID-19

Article
1/5/2021
Two medical personnel, wearing full PPE, in an operating room

MHS innovations in 2020 include a new registry for real-time COVID-19 data and a system to free up hospital beds and protect patients from the disease.

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DHA’s IT innovation continues during COVID-19 pandemic

Article
12/31/2020
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IT innovations keep pace despite COVID-19 road blocks.

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MHS Team Resiliency Awards recognize medical response to COVID-19

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12/22/2020
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Outstanding efforts recognized during Resiliency Awards

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Nurse-led research aims to improve battlefield medicine

Article
12/21/2020
Military nurses working on a simulated patient in a helicopter

[O]ne of their goals is to create novel solutions to optimize survival and functional recovery of burn casualties.

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USAMRIID scientist recognized by French for distinguished service

Article
12/4/2020
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Kugelman...identified genetic markers of persistence of the Chikungunya virus.

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METC improves surgical tech training with new laparoscopy standard

Article
12/1/2020
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A laparoscopy is a low-risk, non-invasive surgical procedure used to examine organs inside the abdomen and repair or remove tissue.

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Walter Reed, VA focus on joint efforts in 3D medical application

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11/9/2020
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The JIF award focuses on the Department of Defense/VA 3D Printing Consortium for Medical Applications.

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Military nurses hold virtual research & evidence-based practice course

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10/30/2020
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Due to the COVID-19 national emergency, the three-day in-person course was abbreviated to a one-day virtual.

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WRNMMC expands innovation and opens new, permanent drive-thru pharmacy

Article
10/23/2020
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The new Prescription Drive-Thru Pick-up will operate similarly as the curbside pharmacy pick-up.

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Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's iTClamp wins MHS research award

Article
9/11/2020
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“Hemorrhage control of bleeding is one our biggest problems in military medicine."

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Applying COVID-19 innovations to the future of MHS medicine

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7/14/2020
Virtual health visits are expanding in response to COVID-19.

COVID-19 has already irrevocably changed how we deliver care and will continue to do so.

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Defending the Homeland: New Invention Helps Protect Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Article
7/9/2020
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"[T]he team realized that while the CAMIC would function well for tracheostomy, its true use would be for intubation..."

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USU Genetics Researchers Receive National Award for Cancer Genome Work

Article
7/7/2020
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The Cancer Genome Atlas Project began in 2006 as a joint effort between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute.

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Army & Navy providers team up to save soldier’s life

Article
7/6/2020
Military personnel sitting around a table, exhibiting medical items

ECMO is a heart-lung bypass system that circulates blood through an external artificial lung, oxygenates it, and delivers it back into the bloodstream.

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