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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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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(CBS/AP) Four military recruits died in the past year and thousands others were sickened by a flu-like virus for which the military once had a vaccine program that was 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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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 once-rare drug-resistant germ now appears to cause more than half of all skin infections treated in U.S. emergency rooms, say researchers who documented the superbug's startling spread in the general population.
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They can do it for love of God and country - or for the $60. Either way, soldiers vaccinated against anthrax have the opportunity to help future anthrax victims by donating their blood.
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Â· Iraq and Afghanistan casualties to get HIV tests  Â· Poor record keeping at US field hospitals blamed
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Benefits of an antibiotic linked to rare reports of severe liver problems, including several deaths, outweigh its risks in treating pneumonia but not less serious bacterial infections like bronchitis and sinusitis, federal health advisers said Friday.
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A blood substitute the military wants to test on civilian trauma victims is urgently needed to save lives on the battlefield in places like Iraq, a Navy official told federal advisers Thursday.
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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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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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Images of medics treating horrific injuries in Iraq and the anguished faces of wounded U.S. soldiers are juxtaposed in a new exhibit with pictures of youthful veterans back home dealing with life as amputees.
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Thousands of people are to be told they may have been exposed to vCJD through contaminated blood products.
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Traumatic brain injury, described as the signature wound of the Iraq war, may be less to blame for soldiers' symptoms than doctors once thought, contends a provocative military study that suggests post-traumatic stress and depression often play a role.
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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.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDayNews) -- A generation ago, one in every 100 units of donated blood in the United States passed HIV or the hepatitis C virus to an unknowing recipient.