NIH and VA collaborate to boost veterans’ access to cancer clinical trials
Veterans with cancer who receive treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will now have easier access to clinical trials of novel cancer treatments, thanks to an agreement between VA and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National...
Senate panel OKs Trump nominee Robert Wilkie to lead troubled VA
A Senate panel has voted to approve President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead Veterans Affairs. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee agreed on voice vote Tuesday to back Robert Wilkie, currently a Pentagon undersecretary. Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont...
Trump’s Chinese tariffs threaten to cost medical device makers $138 million a year, MITA says
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports will cost American medical device makers more than $138 million this year, the Medical Imaging and TechnologyAlliance estimates. As a result, the group is calling for a “timely and robust exemption process.” MRIs,...
Putting AI to work for veterans’ health
Across the United States, millions of veterans are waiting too long for health care. To address this, Veterans Health Administration hospitals are working diligently to speed up and improve the quality of care delivered to veterans through multiple programs....