PORTSMOUTH, Va. (November 10, 2021) – Following approval from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) began providing theCOVID-19 pediatric vaccination to children between the ages of five and eleven, Nov. 8.According to the CDC website, the move

Tobacco comes in a variety of forms, from chewing tobacco, cigars, pipes, hookah, heat not burn products, vaping, nicotine pouches, and cigarettes…, then add all the various flavors and marketing, and methods to consume it. Add service members across the DoD and what do you get? A recipe for a

PHILADELPHIA – For Hospital Corpsman 1st Class David Cooley, a New York City native, his family has a tradition of serving in the military. As a fifth-generation military member, the question more so was which branch would he join, but early on he knew the Navy in particular was his destiny.Starting

Nolan Uniszkiewicz, age 11, along with his younger 8-year old sister Sophie, hope to see their grandparents this upcoming holiday season.They made a concerted jab – and received one in return - towards that familial goal by being amongst the first children ages 5 to 11 to be administered the

Naval Medical Center welcomed home personnel deployed with Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU-10) on Wednesday, November 10, 2021.Sailors and officers with EMU-10 deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.NMCCL Commander and Director Navy Captain Reginald Ewing thanked the teams for their

When U.S. Navy Lt. Therese Nicole De La Torre took part in a 200-mile relay run in July, she was prepared for the ordeal.Stopping the spread of a highly infectious disease is proving to be a lot more challenging.“With the relay, you knew how far you were going to be running and how hard to train in

Talk about ensuring a medically ready force by a ready medical force.When Rear Adm. Bruce Gillingham, Navy surgeon general and chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery noticed that there was a backlog of periodic health assessments (PHA), he immediately set about to clear the holdup.Navy Medicine

Rear Adm. Bruce L. Gillingham, Surgeon General of the Navy and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), visited Naval Medical Logistics Command (NMLC), Fort Detrick, Maryland, on Oct. 29, to personally thank more than 60 civilian members of the workforce as they transition to the Defense

SAN DIEGO ﹣ Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and its embarked Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) departed its homeport after beginning Mercy Exercise (MERCEX) 22-1 Nov. 8.MERCEX is a training evolution held quarterly both pierside and underway.Over 300 Sailors embarked

As medical professionals, the staff at Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River have to be prepared for the worst, including a hazmat incident.To ensure they’re ready, they recently completed First Receiver Operations Training (FROT). The 16-hour class culminated on Oct. 25, 2021, with a live