Jan. 11, 2021 Reserve Senior Leaders receive COVID-19 vaccination Air Force Reserve Command’s commander and command chief master sergeant received their first of two COVID-19 vaccination shots here today.
Jan. 11, 2021 ARNORTH to adjust military COVID-19 response operation in four states, Navajo Nation At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, approximately 150 military medical personnel from the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army began deploying this week to expand support to California, and approximately 40 U.S. Army Reserve medical personnel deployed to support Arizona as part of a
Jan. 7, 2021 Air Force C-17 aircraft delivers COVID-19 vaccinations to Hawaii National Guard neighbor island troops Hundreds of activated Hawaii National Guard personnel with the joint task force responding to COVID-19 are getting vaccinated, with some on neighbor islands receiving the Pfizer vaccine today from the back of a C-17 cargo aircraft making a brief stop.
Jan. 6, 2021 Air Force Surgeon General visits Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, receives COVID-19 vaccine U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelvin Thomas, 316th Medical Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of immunizations, administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to U.S. Air Force Lt. General Dorothy A. Hogg, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force Surgeon General, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling,
Jan. 5, 2021 VaANG medic serves both: Commonwealth & community On a sunny, December afternoon, Thomas Massa walked from under the overhang at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia. He’d finally been able to get a break in between patients during a 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. shift where he works as a medical technician in the hospital’s emergency
Jan. 5, 2021 Airmen receive initial COVID-19 vaccine First responders and select medical personnel received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 4 at Ramstein’s Southside Fitness Center Annex.
Jan. 4, 2021 This Week in Operation Warp Speed - Dec. 31, 2020 A compilation of initiatives, actions and accomplishments across Operation Warp Speed (OWS)’s primary efforts in the past week. To learn more about OWS, visit the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website and Department of Defense (DOD) website.
Dec. 29, 2020 Program enables COVID-19 patients to safely recover at home The new COVID-19 Remote Monitoring Program equips patients who need additional support with a home health care kit and 24/7 oversight from registered nurses.
Dec. 28, 2020 Operation Warp Speed leader provides update on COVID-19 vaccine delivery Twenty million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will have been delivered by the end of the year, the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed said.
Dec. 21, 2020 Negatively Pressurized Conex finds place at Dover AFB Members from across Team Dover continue to support COVID transport operations by participating in the implementation of the negatively pressurized conex, or NPC, transforming the way patients are safely transported across the globe.
Dec. 21, 2020 Operation Warp Speed goes on offense against COVID-19 With vaccines going into arms across the nation, Operation Warp Speed is on the offense against the pandemic that is attacking the United States, the chief operating officer of the effort, said.
Dec. 21, 2020 HHS and DOD statements on FDA authorization of Moderna vaccine On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that it had issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, the second COVID-19 vaccine to receive an EUA.
Dec. 21, 2020 This Week in Operation Warp Speed - Dec. 18, 2020 A compilation of initiatives, actions and accomplishments across Operation Warp Speed (OWS)’s primary efforts in the past week. To learn more about OWS, visit the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website and Department of Defense (DOD) website.
Dec. 18, 2020 DOD Logistics leader ready to ship vaccine to overseas locations, Navy Fleet With the first COVID-19 vaccine already in the arms of some health care workers, the Defense Logistics Agency is ready to ship doses for Defense Department employees outside the continental U.S. and the deployed U.S. Navy Fleet.
Dec. 17, 2020 Rollout of COVID-19 vaccine distribution is off to successful start, officials say COVID-19 vaccine shipments are being delivered to every site identified by public health jurisdictions in Operation Warp Speed's first wave of shipments, the Health and Human Service secretary said.
Dec. 16, 2020 Barksdale trains medics with Tactical Combat Casualty Care Medics of the 2nd Medical Group are becoming a whole lot more lethal, in a good way.With the implementation of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines and the TCCC training course, Barksdale’s medics are training to become increasingly proficient in providing first line trauma care and
Dec. 16, 2020 San Antonio Military Health System receives first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipment Airman 1st Class Kimber Bernau, 59th Medical Wing Family Emergency Clinic medical technician, administers the San Antonio Military Health System’s first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to Maj. Andrew Gausepohl, Dec. 14, 2020, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland,
Dec. 15, 2020 Airman enhances care through innovation It’s been said that a crisis can be viewed from two aspects, that of danger and another for opportunity.Over the past several months, COVID-19 has transformed business practices, social gatherings and patient care processes. While many of these changes are an expansion of technology to continue the
Dec. 15, 2020 Robins designates lactation rooms for breastfeeding mothers returning to work On August 14, 2020, the Air Force published Air Force Guidance Memorandum 2020-36-01, which directs installations to provide the private rooms to breastfeeding mothers upon request.
Dec. 15, 2020 Scobee highlights Reserve contributions, future priorities Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, highlighted the contributions of the more than 70,000 Reserve Citizen Airmen during an extremely busy 2020 and shared the Air Force Reserve future priorities during the Reserve Forces Policy Board’s