Rare Blood Infection Surfaces in Injured U.S. Soldiers
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An unexpectedly high number of U.S.  soldiers injured in the Middle East and Afghanistan are testing  positive for a rare, hard-to-treat blood infection in military  hospitals, Army doctors reported on Thursday.
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Armed with miniaturized medical devices, surgeons bring advanced care to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan just moments after they're hurt. By Randy Dotinga.
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RICHMOND -- As an Army surgeon in the Middle East, Keith Rose watched a colleague bleed to death when a truck in his convoy was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade.
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The discovery of a high incidence of  malaria among U.S. soldiers returning from Afghanistan prompted  a call on Tuesday for doctors to check repatriated military  personnel for the disease.
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Problems with treatment of wounded soldiers that created a scandal at the top U.S. military veterans' hospital are prevalent throughout the Army's health care system, lawmakers said on Monday.
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(CBS 5 NEWS) Thirteen firefighters in the last few months have been infected with a type of staph infection that is resistant to a class of antibiotics used to treat regular staph infections called Methicillin.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that an outbreak of wound and bloodstream infections among U.S. service members in Iraq was acquired at contaminated field hospitals, not on the battlefield.
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LANDSTUHL, Germany - The number of injured US military personnel arriving at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center this week â-ost from the offensive against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah â -ched its highest level since April, a US
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Advances in treatment of horrific battlefield injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan that have saved the lives of many U.S. soldiers who would have died in previous wars may yield valuable techniques for treating civilian trauma victims, military doctors said.
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Problems over treatment of wounded soldiers that created a scandal at the top U.S. military veterans' hospital are prevalent throughout the Army's health care system, lawmakers said on Monday.
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Wounded British troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving inadequate medical treatment similar to that reported by American veterans, relatives and British media reported Sunday.
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SAN ANTONIO - Government health officials are urging stronger infection control procedures in military hospitals following a number of infections among troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Medical staff at a U.S. military hospital in southwest Germany are expanding bed capacity to care for scores of wounded from Iraq, including many from the assault on Fallujah, officials said Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Patients with diabetes are at  increased risk of blood infections caused by a microbe called  enterobacteria, Danish researchers have found. Frequently,  these infections start in the urinary tract before spreading to  the blood.
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A cluster of cases of bleeding in the lungs involving four infants in the Boston area looks like it may be associated with a common genetic blood-clotting defect, a federal investigation shows.
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Deployed military troops, emergency workers, pregnant women and children will be among the first to get scarce vaccinations if a pandemic strain of flu breaks out, U.S. officials said.
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A rare and dangerous form of pneumonia has stricken US soldiers in Iraq at an unusually high rate. There seems to be no explanation