Rare Blood Infection Surfaces in Injured U.S. Soldiers
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An expectedly 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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That&#39;s after a number of troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan were hit by infections. The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii is resistant to most antibiotic drugs.
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A rare and sometimes deadly pneumonia  has hit 18 U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq, and Army medical  investigators are at a loss to explain the cause, according to  a study published on Tuesday.
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SEATTLE Oct. 3, 2004 - Four military recruits died in the past year and thousands others were sickened by a flu-like virus that the military once had a vaccine program for but abandoned to save money.
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People who handle rats in labs or keep  them as pets are at risk of contracting a rare but potentially  deadly disease called rat-bite fever, U.S. health officials  said on Thursday.
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SUNDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Like the sequel to a bad movie, some medical conditions can show up years after an initial infection or injury. Many of them are every bit as bad -- or worse -- the second time around.
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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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Two deaths have been attributed to a rare type of pneumonia that is occurring among US troops in Iraq at a higher than normal rate, according to a study in the December 22/29 issue of JAMA.
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Many of the soldiers and civilians being treated in a U.S. military hospital in Germany after being injured in an insurgent attack on a base in northern Iraq are in serious condition but all are expected to ...
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A strain of MRSA that has never previously caused deaths in hospitals claims two lives, say health experts.
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U.S. health officials said on Friday they approved a new device that could help save the arms and legs of injured soldiers and trauma victims.
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A rare sexually transmitted disease that can scar the genitals has been found in two patients in New York, and the strain is the same as that recently detected in Europe, the city's health commissioner said Wednesday.
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The U.S. military will give flu  shots to troops in Iraq and other key areas overseas and to  high-risk family dependents, but thousands of others will go  unprotected this year, the Pentagon said on Thursday.
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A respiratory virus affecting US military recruits has killed four so far this year and has sickened thousands more. Moreover, the Seattle Times reports, the Pentagon once routinely administered a vaccine
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An antibiotic often used in hospital intensive care units to treat serious staph infections resistant to other medicines may cause a sometimes-fatal bleeding condition, researchers said on Wednesday.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers.
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Adding a voice of experience to the horror stories emerging about soldiers left to rot in the dark corners of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a patient posts from the hospital. Plus: Robo-chopper sniffs IEDs. In Danger Room.