New Productivity Targets for Counselors Could Hurt Mental Health Care for Veterans: GAO The Veterans Health Administration's Readjustment Counseling Service provides care through 300 Vet Centers.
Hawaii Takes Over Veterans Home with 26 Coronavirus Deaths The veterans home has had a history of falling short on health standards.
After Ant-Bite Scandal, Federal Watchdog to Review VA's Nursing Home Ratings System Following concerns over care at a nursing home in Atlanta, the GAO will look at how the VA assesses its facilities.
Navy Doctors Are Bringing Back This Medical Screening to Prevent Sailors’ Sudden Deaths Until 2002, electrocardiograms, also known as ECGs or EKGs, were part of routine screening to join the U.S. military.
VA Is Sending ‘Tiger Team’ in Response to COVID-19 Outbreak at Hawaii Veterans Home A "Tiger Team" of infection control experts is deploying to help curb a deadly outbreak in the nursing facility.
Landmark Bill Would Designate 12 Illnesses as Connected to Burn Pits The legislation would accelerate sick veterans' access to disability benefits.
Burn Pits Linked to Chronic Cough and Wheezing in Veterans, New Study Shows The Department of Veterans Affairs asked the National Academies in 2018 to review existing scientific and medical research.
VA Didn't Tell SC Veteran About HIV Diagnosis for 20 Years, Lawsuit Says A doctor casually mentioned his 1995 positive HIV test during a conversation in 2015.
Free Flu Shots for Veterans and Military Families Did you know veterans, military members and their families can get free flu shots? Here's how.
Veteran Died by Suicide After Not Receiving Needed Care at Memphis VA, IG Report Says The veteran was suffering from PTSD and insomnia and was out of psychiatric medications.
US Only 'Marginally' Ready for Great Power Fight, New Assessment Finds The Heritage Index assessed U.S. military strength across the service branches on a five-tiered scale.
As Army Cuts Recruiters, Service Deploys 2-Man Mobile Recruiting Stations U.S. Army Recruiting Command is reducing its force by roughly 1,700 recruiters over the next year.
Illinois WWII Veteran Survived POW Camps and Forced March Robert Teichgraeber, 100, survived 421 days as a prisoner of war.
First Class Midshipmen Uphold Naval Academy Traditions, Celebrate Service Assignments By the end of the spring, there will be 294 new naval aviation officers.
Marines Prep for Possible War in Europe During Massive East Coast Training Exercise Members of II Marine Expeditionary Force wrapped up a training exercise last week that ran from North Carolina to New York.
