09 March 2026 Navy MSC Deputy Corps Chief, MSC Policy & Practice Officer visit NAMRU San Antonio JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (March 4, 2026) – U.S. Navy Capt. Kris Hodapp, deputy Corps Chief, Medical Service Corps (MSC) and Capt. Bryan Pyle, MSC Policy and Practice officer visited with leadership and MSC officers assigned to Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio at the...
28 January 2026 National Birth Defects Awareness Month: NHRC Researchers Conduct Studies to Safeguard Military Family Health SAN DIEGO – Researchers with Naval Health Research Center’s (NHRC) Birth and Infant Health Research (BIHR) program published new findings on January 27, strengthening the understanding of birth defects among military families.The findings, published in Military Medicine, addressed and allayed...
21 January 2026 Naval Health Research Center leads study aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) SAN DIEGO - A multidisciplinary research team from the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) successfully completed the Monitoring Analysis and Research in Nautical Environmental Risks (MARINER) study aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship completed a period of...
20 January 2026 NAMRU San Antonio enters Partnership Intermediary Agreement VelocityTX JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 16, 2026) – Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) San Antonio, part of Navy Medicine Research & Development (NMR&D), has entered into a Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA) with VelocityTX, a San Antonio-based bioscience innovation hub and economic...
14 January 2026 Representatives of Japan’s National Defense Medical College revisit NAMRU San Antonio JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – (Jan. 13, 2026) – To enhance each other’s capabilities to counteract emerging threats, benefiting military health as well as global health security, representatives of Japan’s National Defense Medical College (NDMC) met with leadership and research...
12 January 2026 NMRC Receives 510(k) Clearance for XSTAT P15 Wound Treatment Device SILVER SPRING, Md. – The XSTAT P15, an advanced hemorrhage control device for narrow-entrance wounds, recently received 510(k) clearance as part of joint efforts by Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) in partnership with a medical device company, RevMedx.This device uses advanced technology in a...