Some military treatment facilities failed to limit ADHD prescription lengths, audit finds 1 day ago Between April 15 and Aug. 13, 2020, military treatment facilities issued more than 3,000 prescriptions for ADHD drugs with longer supplies than recommended, a DoD Inspector General audit found. After the Defense Health Agency limited the maximum length of prescriptions for treating ADHD to 90 days, at least 65 military treatment facilities continued to dispense drugs for longer than recommended, according to an audit by the Department of Defense Inspector General. Some prescriptions were filled for up to a year’s supply of Schedule II drugs that have a high potential for abuse and dependence.
By NANCY MONTGOMERY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 27, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. Military medical experts are calling for troops and Defense Department workers suspected of having COVID-19 or the flu to be tested for both illnesses after a deployed soldier and contractor were found to have them at the same time. Testing for both “is particularly important in the current context of a drawdown in forces in many deployed locations, as further losses of personnel to illness may degrade Commanders’ execution of critical missions,” they wrote.
Half of Military COVID-19 Cases Hit These 4 Job Fields, New Report Finds
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Johnathan Davis, an AV-8B Harrier airframe mechanic assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), performs general maintenance on his aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), at sea, July 20, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Christopher Q. Stone)
13 Jan 2021
Fully half of the COVID-19 cases diagnosed in active-duty military personnel through the end of fiscal 2020 were among those working in the repair, engineering, communications and intelligence fields, a new report shows.
Results were nearly identical among the Reserve component and National Guard, with the same occupations combining to make up 46% of cases, according to the Defense Department s December edition of the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report