BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 4 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following news release:

More than 4,000 scientists, clinicians, and military leaders filled the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, Florida, on Aug. 3 for the opening of the 2026 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS). Researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) were among them, bringing work on battlefield airway care, brain health, and drug-resistant infection to military medicine's largest annual gathering.

The opening plenary set the week's agenda. Assistant Secretary of War for Health Affairs Keith Bass welcomed attendees to the conference, highlighting the roughly 70 breakout sessions and three poster exhibitions, and...