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(From left) Tech. Sgt. Victor Kipping, public health non-commissioned officer in charge, Maj. Kisha Wood, The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma Readiness Skills Omaha deputy director, and Lt. Col. Elizabeth Schnaubelt, C-STARS Omaha director, assemble the portable patient isolation device on Bob Valentine, C-STARS Omaha administrator, to prepare for transport at The University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Jan. 3, 2020. The U.S. Air Force’s C-STARS Omaha program, which was established in 2018, partners with The University of Nebraska Medical Center, focusing on advancing the training of medical Airmen in infectious diseases that they might see during deployment. (Courtesy photo)

Air Force partners with University of Nebraska Medical Center for infectious disease proficiency

With news of the contagious and potentially deadly illness known as novel coronavirus grabbing headlines worldwide, military health officials say that an informed, common sense approach minimizes the chances of getting sick. (Graphic by Military Health System)

Dr. Courtney Humphrey, 633rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometrist, holds a lens used to look into a patient’s eye at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 27, 2020. Humphrey is one of three doctors in the Langley AFB optometry clinic, treating active duty personnel from all branches. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Dowe)

An AFMS look back at January 2020

A photo of an Airman administering the flu shot

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Staff Sgt. Joseph Deguino, 56th Operational Medicine Readiness Squadron Public Health communicable disease noncommissioned officer in charge, examines tomatoes during a monthly inspection Jan. 27, 2020, in Club 5/6 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. Every restaurant and food store on base, checking for discrepancies and ensuring that staff use mandated gear. Public health helps keep Airmen healthy, ready to train and deploy by inspecting facilities for food quality, performing audiograms and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class by Brooke Moeder)

Luke Public Health team maintains Airmen medical readiness

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