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250904-O-JO646-2232, September 4, 2025 -- The graphic illustrates ship based health surveillance innovations pioneered with the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics or ESSENCE to inform the Medical Common Operational Picture or MedCOP dashboards and alerts. These dashboards now give Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Units (NEPMUs) across four regions visibility they never had before, allowing them to detect and monitor potential outbreaks on ships within their area of responsibility in near real time. (U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mrs. Nell Moody)
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