The Army Medical Department deployed Urban Augmentation Medical Task Forces to the hardest-hit American communities, where the rate of serious infections has overwhelmed local medical facilities.

Army Medicine is establishing the DoD’s first Virtual Medical Center with clinicians and staff that specialize in delivering health care remotely to patients wherever they are in the world, in ...

A new office within the Army, the Virtual Health Research Task Area, has been charged with looking at how virtual health capabilities are advancing and how those technologies can be deployed on ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, U.S. Army Surgeon General, assumed responsibility as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Medical Command, June 24, 2020, on Fort Sam ...

U.S. Army Reserve Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force soldiers board buses at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, on April 8, 2010, to deploy to locations across the nation in response ...

U.S. Army medical researchers want to equip combat medics with a head-up display so they can connect with surgeons in the rear for help with critically wounded troops on the battlefield. "What we ...

The Army also hopes to cut down on training time for medical personnel. According to the strategy, it currently takes 12-14 years to produce a qualified Army surgeon.

The soldiers are part of the Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force. "It truly is an honor to be able to be asked for that help and then to be a part of giving that help," said Major Katie Bessler.

One of the many devastating blows that Hurricane Maria foisted upon Puerto Rico was the lasting damage to the island’s healthcare infrastructure.

Today, the Army operates 43 virtual recruiting stations, ... Healy says that the center has had more calls than normal from New York medical professionals looking to enlist.

The Army on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to the $22 billion Integrated Virtual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset development program, saying that it would “require a little more time,” but will ...

With the help of a staffing plus-up that included more than doubling the U.S. Army Recruiting Command waiver team to 20 medical providers and growing the medical behavioral health team to nine ...