'Tainted,' 'Screw This:' Study Reveals Male and Female Vets Have Different Suicide Triggers A study suggests that when it comes to male and female vets, mental health support is far from a one-size-fits-all affair.
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.
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.
Hundreds of Veterans to Receive Convalescent Plasma in VA Test The VA has announced plans for random testing of convalescent plasma for COVID-19.
Millions of VA Appointments Canceled During Pandemic Have Not Been Rescheduled The VA IG found that 3.3 million medical appointments dropped this year were not rescheduled.
VA Disputes Charges of Major Delays in Mail Delivery of Veterans' Prescriptions The Department of Veterans Affairs claims most veterans are receiving mail prescriptions on time.
Caregivers Sue VA over Denial of Benefits Survivors of veterans who died from service-connected conditions have filed a class action seeking changes to a VA practice...
Marine Corps Ranks: A Complete Guide to Enlisted and Officer Ranks Explore U.S. Marine Corps ranks from private to general. Learn rank structure, pay grades, insignia and promotion paths in...
Homeowners Say the Army Corps and its Contractors Mishandled LA Fire Debris Cleanup More than 800 complaints were submitted to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hotline dedicated to the agency's debris removal...
Japan Marks End of World War II as Survivors Remember Wartime Emperor's Surrender Speech 80 Years Ago A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s Budokan hall at noon, the same time then-Emperor Hirohito’s 4½-minute prerecorded...
Flights Restricted over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit North American Aerospace Defense Command issued a statement saying it would be enforcing Federal Aviation Administration...
