Wednesday, March 2, 2022

VA will propose adding rare cancers to the presumed service-connected list as related to military environmental exposure

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WASHINGTON   — The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to propose adding certain rare respiratory cancers to the list of   presumed servi...

Dioxin cleanup underway at Seabee Base in Gulfport

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READ THE STORY GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - If you drive 28th Street in Gulfport, you probably have wondered what has been going on in the north...

What Lies Beneath - Vets worry polluted base left them ill

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READ THE STORY FORT ORD NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. (AP) — For nearly 80 years, recruits reporting to central California’s Fort Ord considered...
Thursday, February 17, 2022

Scaled-Down Toxic Exposure Bill Passed by Senate

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READ THE STORY The Senate on Wednesday quickly and quietly approved a bipartisan bill intended to extend Department of Veterans Affairs heal...

VA to Overhaul Disability Evaluations for Mental Health, Other Conditions

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READ THE STORY The Department of Veterans Affairs will change its disability ratings criteria for mental health conditions, sleep apnea and ...

Drug Strategy Could Help the Brain After Exposure to Toxic Pollutant

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READ THE STORY New research shows that exposure to the industrial byproduct TCDD in utero could cause the brain’s immune system to go array ...

Three maps remind us of the horror of the Vietnam War

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READ THE STORY   Wars transform nations. Then they end, and as their veterans die, they fade from living memory into history. That is now ...

Nearly 4,000 More 9/11 Vets Have Died in the Past 20 Years Than Anticipated, Study Finds

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READ THE STORY Post-9/11 veterans are dying at higher rates than Americans overall, particularly through accidents, suicide and homicide, ne...

WEED-KILLING CHEMICAL USED IN DEADLY AGENT ORANGE TOXIN FOUND IN 1 IN 3 AMERICANS

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READ THE STORY Researchers have found that as many as one in three Americans have a relatively high amount of a toxic weed-killing chemical ...

Dublin VA warns 4,600 veterans they may have been exposed to HIV, Hep. B or Hep. C

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READ THE STORY The Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin had to stop all medical procedures and operations for two days last month due to ...
Wednesday, February 9, 2022

GAO Report About Veterans (Vietnam & Type 2 Diabetes)

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READ THE STORY  Highlights What GAO Found The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) considers Type 2 diabetes—which most often develops in adu...

'A Crisis of Confidence' — After Decades of Failures, VA Sec Seeks 'Game-Changers'

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READ THE STORY As the 11th secretary of Veterans Affairs since President Ronald Reagan established it as a cabinet-level organization in 198...