Yearly Archives: 2019


Message from the ASH: United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019

Dear Fellow Officers, For your situational awareness, yesterday U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (S.D.) and Doug Jones (Ala.) introduced the United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019. Their bipartisan legislation would establish a Ready Reserve Corps within the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.  This is an important […]


Message from the Assistant Secretary for Health

Dear Fellow Officers, Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a new Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics.  Individual patients, as well as the health of the public, benefit when opioids are prescribed only when the benefit of […]


Nurse Chief Professional Officer

Dear Commissioned Corps Officers, Please join me in welcoming our newly appointed Chief Professional Officer (CPO). This officer will now serve as an integral part of our Commissioned Corps leadership team.  As CPO, Rear Admiral Aisha K. Mix will offer guidance and advice to the Surgeon General and administrative committees […]