VA Staff Providing Abortions May Not Be Protected in Some States, Democratic Lawmakers Warn The Department of Veterans Affairs should do more to clarify legal protections for employees providing abortion care in...
First Look at the VA's New Toxic Exposure Screening All Vets Will Take When Seeing a Doctor With a short screening, the VA hopes to learn more about combat exposures and help patients learn more about potential...
VA Starts Doing Toxic Exposure Screenings as Advocates Press for Medical Testing VA officials say the five-minute questionnaire should spark conversations between patients and doctors and lead to medical...
Finalists in $20 Million VA Suicide Prevention Competition Showcase Proposals 30 proposals for veteran suicide prevention were on display Friday as the finalists in the Department of Veterans Affairs'...
Homelessness Among Veterans Down 11% Since Start of Pandemic The VA is closing in on housing 31,000 veterans this year, with a goal to home 7,000 more by Dec. 31.
Celebrating Veteran Health on Veterans Day This year, the Veterans Health Administration celebrates 75 years of providing world-class health care and veteran-centered...
The Pentagon and the VA Need to Do More to Battle Veteran Extremism, Congressional Report Finds The congressional committee says that "empirical evidence suggests that individuals with military backgrounds have become...
Veterans File Record Number of Disability Claims, Putting Pressure on Backlog More than 113,000 claims have been filed since August, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said this week.
VA Health Care: Cost and Co-payments Some veterans are required to make copayments for their care and medications.
VA to Review Burn Pit Registry in Wake of Report Calling for Complete Overhaul The registry, introduced in 2014, fails to provide the information for which it was originally intended, according to the...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...
![Sign cautions visitors on the Marine base at Camp Lejeune.](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2022-10/ApNewsroom_Marines%20-%20Toxic%20Tap%20Water.JPEG.jpg?itok=arekAZqI "In a Feb. 27, 2013 photo, a sign cautions visitors outside a "pump and treat" facility on the Marine base at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The installation is the site of one of the worst drinking water contaminations in U.S. history. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)")
