US military leaders are sounding the alarm on a growing battlefield threat: drug-resistant bacteria

Army combat medics train at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Spc. Seth Cohen/US Army Recent US casualties evacuated from the Middle East highlighted the multidrug-resistant bacteria threat. Ukraine's medical system struggles with resistant infections amid ongoing warfare. Military officials and experts call for improved infection detection and management on battlefields. Roughly one-third of 33 recent US combat casualties evacuated from the Middle East were carrying bacteria…