The Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE), the U.S. Navy’s insect experts provided comprehensive training on advanced techniques in genetics to the Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen’s (DCPH-A) Vector-Borne Disease (VBD) Branch, April 1-5, 2024, at the Navy Entomology Center of...

As Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) kicked off National Laboratory Week (14-20 April) with a cake-cutting ceremony, 15 April, it is the laboratory’s state-of-the-art capabilities combined with the laboratory professionals that give the command a reason to celebrate year-round. “NMCSD boasts a...

Naval Medical Center San Diego hosted a Navy Enlisted Classifications roadshow for Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego in the hospital’s auditorium, Apr. 18, 2024.The NEC roadshow featured leaders from across the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and the...

Cmdr. Ian Sutherland, Officer-in-Charge of the Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE) and Centers for Disease Control representative recently joined the Mayor of Saint Augustine Florida, Nancy Sikes-Kline; and World Health Organization representative Dr. Anna Drexler to commemorate the opening...

The Naval Medical Center San Diego Pediatrics team celebrated Month of the Military Child by coming together, April 18, 2024.The U.S. Department of Defense celebrates Month of the Military Child each year in April to honor and recognize the unique challenges and experiences that more than 1.6...

For Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robediane G. Santiago, becoming a victim advocate was more than just a natural extension of her Navy career.The choice was emblematic of everything she holds dear as an empathetic person and trained hospital corpsman pledged to serve and protect her fellow warriors at...

The Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Two (NEPMU Two) celebrates its 75th anniversary, March 30, 2024, on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Established on March 10, 1949, the Fleet Epidemic Disease Control Units (FEDCUs), now known as the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Units...

LIMA, Peru – Researchers from U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) SOUTH have an ongoing collaboration with local Peruvian hospitals to surveil pathogens causing febrile (having to do with fever) and respiratory diseases such as dengue, malaria, influenza and COVID-19 in Peru and other partner...

Encouraging people interested in medicine and science to join Navy Medicine was the focus of the inaugural kaizen meeting at the Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) in Millington, Tenn., April 10-12, 2024.Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning change for the better or continuous improvement. It is a structured...

A hypothetical scenario involving injuries to sight, sinew and senses was presented to Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Physical Therapy department team.An industrial accident caused eyesight injury, along with shoulder, wrist and hand damage. There’s chemical burns, sprains and strains.After seeking...