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Reserve Health Readiness Program

The Reserve Health Readiness Program provides medical readiness, deployable readiness, and occupational health exams for reserve elements. If you go to a group event, they’ll have everything laid out at your unit. You’ll have your PHA taken care of, most likely your immunizations updated, any lab work that needs to be done like an HIV, and a dental exam would be completed. We provide services to all the reserve components. It is the primary support element for DHA to the reserve elements and DHA provides support to them through the program. One of the advantages of RHRP is that service members can make sure that their readiness is up to date all the time, giving themselves Peace of Mind so when duty calls, they’re ready to go anytime, anywhere, always.

Visit health.mil/rhrp for more information.

As Vaccines Roll Out, San Antonio Latinos are Hesitant

In one of America’s most populated Latino cities, some people of color are disinclined to get a COVID-19 vaccine. This hesitation comes in spite of the heavy toll coronavirus has taken on Latinos in this metropolitan area — as well as across the country. Public Health experts—such as Dr. Amelie Ramirez, the director of UT …
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How Cities are Using Community-Based Workers for Effective Contact Tracing

As we continue the battle against COVID-19, public health authorities are urging cities to increase their contact tracing efforts. “Contact tracing is key to slowing the spread of COVID-19 and helps protect you, your family, and your community,” according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. But identifying people who have tested positive for …
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Comment Now: FDA Wants to Require Front-of-Package Nutrition Labels!

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new proposal to require front-of-package nutrition labels on most foods that have a Nutrition Facts label on back. The proposal would require a compact informational box, also referred to as the “Nutrition Info Box,” with nutrient information on the front (or principal display panel) of products. The …
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‘Last Roll of the Dice’: How a Cancer Clinical Trial Saved Timothy Leech

Timothy Leech just celebrated his 40th birthday when he got news that changed his life. Timothy was diagnosed with Stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer, in 2014. Doctors told him he had only a short time to live. “I freaked out, for sure. I thought I was going to be gone …
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