Defense Department to Begin Tracking Drug Overdoses, Providing Antidote Drug Naloxone Previously, overdoses within the military -- fatal and non-fatal -- weren't systematically tracked.
Military Couples Trying to Start Families Face Fear, Frustration Following Alabama Fertility Care Ruling Some service members and their spouses are concerned they may soon be forced to choose between military service and having a...
Traumatic Brain Injury Bill Calls for Sweeping Changes in Military Health Care, Training, Safety to Protect Troops The 46-page bill comes amid growing evidence that troops are at risk of exposure to potentially dangerous blasts not just...
Medical Beard Waivers Nearly Double in Air Force and Space Force in Just 3 Years Between 2021 and 2023, the number of active-duty airmen with shaving waivers due to pseudofolliculitis barbae, a skin...
An Introduction to 'Intuitive Eating' and a Better Relationship with Food Maybe instead of thinking about our food options as "good" or "bad" and feeling the guilt associated with "cheating on the...
More Specialty Drugs Cost Less with New Pharmacy's Addition to Tricare Home Delivery Tricare beneficiaries with prescriptions for specialty drugs can now get more of them at the lower copays of Tricare Home...
Pentagon Policy Paying Travel Costs for Abortions, Other Health Care Was Used Only 12 Times from June to December Paying for transportation, lodging and meals for those 12 round trips from a service member's home station to the location of...
Medical Care Shortfalls for US Personnel in Japan Trigger Push from Lawmakers for Improvements A bipartisan group of senators and a representative said that issues with access to care continue despite efforts to improve...
Residents Near 8 Military Bases to Be Tested for Chemical Tied to Cancer The sites, near former and active bases, have high levels of compounds used in firefighting foam.
Grounding: Does Touching Earth Provide Health Benefits or Is It Pseudoscience? Whether it is taking relaxing breaths in nature or your body's vitamin D response from the sunlight, you can lower your blood...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...
Camp Pendleton Officer, Wife Sue Military Housing Company over Crash That Killed 8-Year-Old Son A Marine Corps family whose 8-year-old son died last year after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on Camp...
Coast Guard to Launch Service-Wide Physical Fitness Test for All Members Next Year Coast Guard men and women must take a preliminary assessment by the end of this year and a mandatory PFT starting in 2026.
How the Men on a Navy Submarine Survived After Sinking 240 Feet in the Atlantic Trapped 240 feet beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, Lt. Oliver Naquin could not ensure the crew of the USS Squalus...
Rubio Says US Is Designating 2 More Gangs as Foreign Terrorist Groups The two new designees, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, are Ecuadorian gangs blamed for much of the violence that began since the...
