Army Orders All Medical Units to Prepare for Possible Response to Virus Outbreak The Army's chief of Staff has asked medical units to assess their capabilities in the event that they are needed to respond.
Defense Department Study on Mannequins Would Improve Surgeon Training A consortium is studying a platform to simulate surgery, injury and patient assessment at the Naval Medical Center San Diego.
The Pentagon Must Do More to Attract and Keep Good Dentists and Doctors, GAO Finds A GAO report also found that DoD wages for all physician specialties are below median private-sector wages.
Military Services Wanted Major Health Care Personnel Cuts, New DHA Director Says Officials have said about 18,000 positions will be cut.
Surgeons General Lay Out How Many Health Care Jobs Each Service May Lose in Merger Lawmakers are expressing concern.
'They Weren't Gonna Stop:' Inside the 8,000-Mile Race to Save a Wounded Soldier's Life With the amount of equipment and coordination needed, "rarely does it ever work out so perfectly."
Corpsmen May Need Skills to Keep Patients Alive Well Past 'Golden Hour' in Future Fights Officials with North American Rescue, which creates the lifelike TOMManikin, are pushing new tools for training medics.
Wilkie Calls for Release of Information in Suspicious VA Deaths in West Virginia One veteran was found to have been injected with insulin, despite no history of diabetes.
As 3-Star Head of Defense Health Agency Exits, Changes to Empower Military Patients Continue Vice Adm. Raquel Bono oversaw the largest changes to the military health system since Tricare was introduced in 1996.
The Pentagon’s Answer to Malaria, Lyme Disease Cases: ‘Bugapalooza’ The Defense Health Agency wants troops, family members and the public to know that vector-borne diseases are preventable.
Army Division Bars Leaders from Bothering Their Soldiers After Work Hours Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commander of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division, issued a memo last week barring...
Marine Corps Creates Billet to Keep Dual-Military Families Together During Stressful Moves The billet, which is called the dual-military coordinator, will act as a liaison between couples and their career monitors in...
Exposed to Agent Orange at US Bases, Veterans Face Cancer Without VA Compensation The Defense Department has publicly acknowledged that during the Vietnam War era it stored Agent Orange at the Naval...
Reports of Mediocre Disability Exams by VA Contractors Prompts Senator's Demand for Answers A prominent Democratic senator is demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs review the quality of its privatized...
A Group Aims to Rebuild Tun Tavern, Birthplace of the Marines, as a Tavern and Restaurant National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is:...