Aug 29, 2018
Philips Healthcare is turning its attention to military technology, as the Andover, Massachusetts-based company announced this morning that it would be entering into a non-exclusive patent licensing agreement with the US Air Force Research Laboratory for its...
Aug 24, 2018
The US Senate last night passed a spending bill for fiscal 2019 that would boost the National Institutes of Health’s budget by $2 billion to $39.1 billion — a 5.4 percent increase over the agency’s current funding level. The appropriations package was...
Aug 24, 2018
A federal court ruling this week opened the possibility for veterans to file suit against the Department of Veterans Affairs as a class rather than individuals, a move that advocates say could dramatically shift how legal cases against the bureaucracy are handled. The...
Aug 23, 2018
A gusher of federal money for states to boost research into diseases ranging from Alzheimer’s to cancer would flow under a fiscal 2019 spending package that the Senate is seeking to pass tomorrow. The $875 billion spending “minibus” (H.R. 6157) bundles spending for...
Aug 22, 2018
“[I] truly believe it was an honor to serve in the service for my country and I would do it over again in a heartbeat,” said Carl Williams, an Air Force Veteran who calls Austin home. “My wife and I have been married for 44 years. I lost her 8...
Aug 22, 2018
During the first decade of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Military Health System “put more than 27 major game-changing innovations online,” said Dr. Arthur Kellerman, dean of the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health...
Aug 21, 2018
Former VA Secretary Anthony Principi says he “found it astounding” that three wealthy friends of President Trump, members of his Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Florida, were able to affect executive hiring at the Department of Veterans Affairs and might have...
Aug 17, 2018
AURORA, Colorado — It’s gleaming, state-of-the-art and highly anticipated. But the Department of Veterans Affairs’ newest medical center is also more than $1 billon over budget. After more than a decade of delays and cost overruns, the VA officially opened...
Aug 17, 2018
A new Joplin outpatient clinic specifically made for veteran care is now finished and ready for operation. This modern medical facility is finally complete, tailored with one audience in mind. “Brand new center, close to home, will be terrific. That’s the...
Aug 10, 2018
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to build a large clinic in Portland so veterans in southern Maine can get a wide array of medical services closer to home. The VA has issued a request for proposals, looking for a developer of what would be a two-story...
Aug 7, 2018
Deployed troops will have to leave their Fitbits, Apple watches and other “geolocation devices” at home. A Defense Department policy announced Monday also forbids any device or app that tracks the location of the user. Col. Robert Manning III told reporters at the...
Aug 2, 2018
The persistence of serious problems endangering America’s veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC has employees begging Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie for assistance. “We ask you, our respected leaders,...
