May 11, 2023, marks the end of the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration. Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen honors all of the military and civilian public health and medical professionals who came together to support their communities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen video production by Graham Snodgrass)
A career in the Public Health Service has taught Defense Health Agency Public Health Director U.S. Public Health Service Rear Adm. Brandon Taylor many lessons. Even before he started his career, he learned some of those lessons from one of his early influences, Bill Medlin, a pharmacist who was a member of his church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
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