US Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard veterans face higher rates of rare nerve disease ALS than other vets, study finds

Air Force pilots and maintainers inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan McCrink Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard veterans had higher ALS rates than Army veterans. Male officers had a 64% higher ALS rate than enlisted veterans, a study found. The study points to possi

A new Harvard-led study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found pilots and flight attendants have higher rates of radiation-related cancer deaths than workers in more than 500 other occupations.