Months after popular manufacturer 3M reached a more than $9 million settlement to resolve allegations it supplied the U.S. military with defective earplugs, a former Army sergeant has filed his own lawsuit, claiming the gear left him with hearing damage and a constant...
House lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday that would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct studies on the benefits of medical marijuana for military veterans. Reps. Lou Correa (D-CA) and Clay Higgins (R-LA) filed the legislation days...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing to shift billions of dollars from government-run veterans’ hospitals to private health care providers, setting the stage for the biggest transformation of the veterans’ medical system in a generation. Under proposed...
With its abundance of companies promising to help you stay fit, eat healthier or measure your [insert whatever biometric reading here] more accurately, this year’s CES evolved to be more like a MedTech conference instead. And while health, wellness and medicine...
The ongoing partial federal government shutdown has meant staff furloughs and some delayed routine services by the FDA, excluding fee-funded activities. The medtech industry hasn’t been complaining about it yet, but time will tell, according to some experts. “Agency...
Veterans around the country should give more consideration to the Veterans Health Administration’s services when choosing where to receive medical care, according to a recent study on the merits of VHA and non-VHA facilities published in the Annals of Internal...
The Indian Health Service, an HHS agency tasked with providing health services to American Indians and Alaska natives, has stopped several care services due to the government shutdown, Kaiser Health News reports. Parts of the federal government shut down Dec. 22 after...
On November 27, 2018, the House Committee on Small Business introduced House Resolution 7169, the proposed Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment (VA-SBA) Act.1 The purpose of this new legislation is to facilitate the transfer of...
A year after the president signed legislation meant to ease federal buyers into online shopping, the General Services Administration presented vendors with its current thinking on how to implement the new e-commerce portals on Wednesday. The focus, officials said, is...
According to an independent Dartmouth study recently published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals outperform private hospitals in most health care markets throughout the country. “This is proof that the hard work...
When it comes to medical technology, what’s good for the military isn’t always good for the private sector. It’s often difficult for military researchers to find investors who will help them privately commercialize the innovations they develop, in part because the...
Local Veterans will now have access to healthcare services with the new state of the art Veterans Affairs Outreach Clinic in Idaho Falls located on the east side of Idaho Falls. Officials from around the Southeastern Idaho region and the Veterans Assistance Center in...
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