Thursday, February 17, 2022

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...

MJFF Urges US Veterans’ Affairs to Better Fund Disease Care, Research

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READ THE STORY The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) encouraged the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Veterans’ Affairs to expand h...
Thursday, February 3, 2022

Biden just reduced 'financial distress' for veterans by allowing most of their medical debt to go unreported to credit bureaus

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READ THE STORY The Department of Veterans Affairs just established a new rule to prevent medical debt from weighing down veterans. On Wedn...

Sens. Moran, Tester Introduce Landmark Bill to Provide Health Care for Post-9/11 Toxic-Exposed Veterans

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READ THE STORY WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) – the ranking member and chairman of the Senate Vete...

Bureaucracy is failing Blue Water Vietnam veterans

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READ THE STORY In 1961, when many avoided the Draft, Ray Sarbacker decided to enlist in the military. A fresh-faced kid of 18, Sarbacker wan...

3 Wartime Exposure-Related Documentaries

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1) "The Toxic Exposure in the American Military (TEAM) Act" https://youtu.be/6Ds3sOdzDZo 2) Agent Orange exposure on Thailand ...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Agent Orange update, disability and VA health care, unemployment and more

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READ THE STORY AGENT ORANGE PRESUMPTIVE UPDATE REMINDER Bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism were added to the Agent Orange Pre...

House Approves Bill to Automatically Enroll Vets in VA Health Care

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READ THE STORY Eligible veterans would be automatically enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system under a bill passe...

Toxic air pollution in West Virginia

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READ THE STORY Institute is a small town in West Virginia and one of two majority-Black census tracks in a state that is 94 percent white. I...

Reminder: Midland and Tittabawassee River area still under dioxin advisory for livestock

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READ THE STORY Area residents are being reminded to not eat eggs or meat from animals raised downstream from Midland along the Tittabawassee...