Vet sues over coverage denial for daughter gender transition
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A U.S. military veteran and his daughter filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a federal rule they said prevents the daughter from accessing medical…
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Evaluations highlight concerns, harm at state health centers
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new evaluation of state-operated hospitals for veterans, the mentally ill and the elderly describes inadequate oversight that threatens the ability…
Woman charged with posing as sick Marine vet to plead guilty
A Rhode Island woman who authorities say pretended to be a decorated Marine Corps veteran with cancer to fraudulently collect about $250,000 in veterans benefits and…
Black veteran groups seek policy agenda on racial inequities
By AARON MORRISON - Associated Press
As a young man in Memphis, Tennessee, Robert Dabney Jr. wanted to blaze a path that could set his family up for a…
Senate OKs enhanced benefits for vets exposed to burn pits
By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday approved a sweeping expansion of health care and disability benefits for…
Senate set to enhance benefits for vets exposed to burn pits
By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is expected to approve on Thursday a large expansion of health care and disability…
With COVID mission over, Pentagon plans for next pandemic
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A COVID-19 patient was in respiratory distress. The Army nurse knew she had to act quickly.It…
Planned North Las Vegas medical campus to include hospital
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A planned new medical campus in North Las Vegas will include at least one new hospital, medical research and specialty care facilities and…
War Crimes Watch: Russia’s onslaught on Ukrainian hospitals
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — For a month now, Russian forces have…
‘The best of us’: Biden promises improved care for veterans
He refuses to make the same mistakes with those returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan“When our troops came home, the fittest among them ... too many of them were not the same,"…