Military Removes Live Animals from Combat Medical Training The military will substitute lifelike dummies for live animals in combat trauma training exercises for doctors and other...
Air Force Flies 300 Doctors to Florida for Irma Recovery The doctors and staff are responding to a federal request to help Florida's health care systems in areas hit by Hurricane...
VA Facility Under Investigation for Rushed, Botched Radiology Scans The VA facility in Marion, Ill., was reportedly plagued by quality management and patient care problems.
New Tricare Provider Vows Smooth Takeover Despite Dentist Warnings The company taking over a major Tricare dental contract says it is on track to more than meet the in-network dentist...
Tricare Dental Premiums to Drop May 1 Monthly Tricare dental premiums for active-duty as well as National Guard and Reserve members and their families will drop...
UPDATED: Expanded Tricare Dental Coverage Hits May 1 A new Tricare dental contract will start in early May and bring an increase in benefits and a renewed focus on prevention.
Number of Zika Cases in US Military Rises to 55 All of the cases were "travel related," meaning that the virus was not contracted within the continental U.S.
Coast Guard, Navy Medevac Ill Mariner from Sailing Vessel off Oahu Coast Guard and Navy aircrews conducted a medevac of a 58-year-old mariner from the 45-foot sailing vessel Second Chance 184...
Military Hospitals Are Key to Keeping Medical Staff Combat-Ready Lawmakers are looking for ways to balance combat readiness of hospitals and clinics with reforming military health care.
Tricare Dental Coverage Slated to Increase in 2017 with New Contractor Military dental benefits will see expansions under a new contract set to go into effect next year.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
