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Protect yourself for World Hepatitis Day July 28
July 28, 2022 — Hepatitis A and B are viral diseases that can cause long-term damage to your liver. Fortunately, vaccines are available that lower your risk of infection if you are at risk... MORE

Hepatitis A and B are viral disease that can cause long term damage to your liver. Fortunately, vaccines are available that lower your risk of infection if you are at risk!

Vaccines: A public health success story
August 8, 2019 — Throughout U.S. history, people have benefited from improvements in the field of public health. The availability of clean water, the development of sewage systems, and other effective interventions worked to cut the rate of disease in entire segments of the population at relatively low cost. Vaccination is an intervention that has proved effective in terms of cost and effort in protecting the population from disease... MORE

Tech Sgt. Joseph Anthony, medical technician with the 911th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, administers a vaccination to a member of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 336 Engineering Company Command and Control, Chemical Radiological and Nuclear Response Enterprise Team at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, April 11, 2019. Department of Defense-issued vaccinations are used to prevent a variety of diseases that military members may encounter in the course of their duties.