VA Gets Another Massive Funding Increase in Biden's First Budget The budget calls for an 8.2% increase in discretionary spending and a nearly 11% rise in mandatory funding, including medical...
At the VA, This Memorial Day Feels Different "This year's Memorial Day offers us some ability to return to those gatherings, but it still won't be the same."
VA Will Soon Begin Processing Claims for 3 New Agent Orange Illnesses The department will issue a policy soon for claims over bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism linked to herbicide...
'At What Point Does VA Become Adequately Funded?' Republicans Question Record Budget Request In 2000, the Department of Veterans Affairs' budget was $47 billion; this year, it is $240 billion.
VA Moves to Expedite Benefits for Post-9/11 Veterans' Asthma, Respiratory Problems The VA will create a list of conditions thought to be linked to burn pits and other air-quality problems experienced by vets...
How Businesses Collaborate with the VA to Save Veterans' Lives Businesses have joined forces with the health care community to focus on identifying innovative solutions now and into the...
Not So Fast, Vets: Mask Mandate Still in Place at VA Hospitals While the VA lifted mask mandates in some locations, they remain in place for VA health facilities.
VA Serial Killer Case Should Get the Attention of All Hospitals, Inspector General Says The VA OIG found that the staff failed to properly vet Mays before hiring her, and neglected to follow up on her previous...
VA Nursing Aide Reta Mays Gets 7 Life Sentences for Killing Veterans in Her Care As many as 10 people may have been victims of Reta Mays, a nursing assistant who injected veteran patients with fatal doses...
Trump's VA Secretary Joins Conservative Think Tank The Heritage Foundation Former Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is joining the Heritage Foundation as a visiting fellow,
Airman Accused of Firing AK-47 Through Apartment Wall in Latest Gun Death Near Wyoming Base The weekend arrest and firearm death come just weeks after a Security Forces airman was killed by an M18 handgun on base...
Navy Is Retiring the Last of its Storied Cruisers. To Veterans, They Were ‘the Pinnacle of Naval Power’ As the Navy nears its 250th anniversary in October, there's a lot of reminiscing going on about the fleet. Much of it...
Cancer in Military Pilots and Aircrews Will Be Studied Under Newly Signed Law President Donald Trump signed a law last week ordering the review of the prevalence of cancer and deaths by cancer in fixed...
AI Is About to Radically Alter Military Command Structures that Haven’t Changed Much Since Napoleon’s Army AI agents -- autonomous, goal-oriented software powered by large language models -- can automate routine staff tasks...
40 Years of Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunions. Now, a Final 'Taps' In a pesky drizzle, a handful of people recently set out 400 small American flags on an empty lot in memory of the 400...