A key Senate panel on Thursday advanced legislation for the first time which would require Veterans Affairs officials to hold clinical trials on using medicinal cannabis for the treatment of…
For Mayank Mishra, preventing veteran suicides starts with improving internet access. “Instead of just saying, ‘Here’s an app that can help,’ we have to make sure the digital infrastructure is…
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been without a Senate-confirmed leader for its benefits operations for more than six months, but that could change soon. This week, the Senate Veterans’…
A pair of Marines dispose of trash in a burn pit in Khan Neshin District in Afghanistan in March 2021. (Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez/Marine Corps) In his State of the…
The top Veterans Affairs official overseeing its embattled electronic health records overhaul effort will step down at the end of the month, department leaders announced Friday. Dr. Terry Adirim, director…
President Joe Biden exaggerated both the scope of the problem of veterans suicides and his own administration’s success at reducing the totals during his State of the Union address to…
President Joe Biden will call for more resources to prevent veterans suicides and more financial assistance for veterans in danger of losing their homes as part of call for a…
Developers of the embattled electronic health records system that Veterans Affairs officials hope to deploy in coming years are pushing back against accusations the software is an unfixable failure, asserting…
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on March 1, 2022, in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP) President…
The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee has 13 new members and a new chairman this session, but the leader of the panel says he hopes veterans see from the group the…