PORTSMOUTH, Va. (Dec. 6, 2021) – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) Healthcare Simulation and Bioskills Training Center (HSBTC) was recently granted reaccreditation in the areas of core and research by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), and received a Defense Health Agency (DHA)...

When you ask Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Juan Perez if there is an experience that has affected him more than any other, you can see the answer in his eyes before “Yea,” passes his lips. His gaze fixes somewhere long ago and far from the office chair from which he leans forward. “It was in...

On November 17, 2021, Naval Medical Center camp Lejeune administered the first doses of the pediatric COVID-19 vaccine. NMCCL offers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for eligible, pediatric TRICARE beneficiaries ages 5-11 years old.According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the vaccine...

Generating a medically ready force means identifying gaps in care and filling those needs; one of those gaps being the sexual health of active duty personnel.Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Department of Public Health has made strides in the past several years to care for the sexual health of...

(PORTSMOUTH, Va.) Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) hosted a signing ceremony for a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), Local 22, Nov. 17.Rear Adm. Darin Via, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic (NMFL) commander, and Capt. Shelley...

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...