Groundbreaking eye surgery has Airmen seeing careers saved

Groundbreaking eye surgery has Airmen seeing careers saved

 Every year, Air Force Academy Cadets and Airmen are found to have eyesight conditions that can disqualify them from flight status, according to Academy ophthalmologists. For patients with progressive keratoconus and corneal ectasia, the odds of their careers ending...
VA Medical System Staggers as Chaos Engulfs Its Leadership

VA Medical System Staggers as Chaos Engulfs Its Leadership

At first, it was one doctor quitting the tiny Ukiah Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Northern California. Then another left, and another, until of the five doctors there a year ago, only one remained. The Veterans Choice Act, passed by Congress amid scandalous...
Plans move ahead for new VA health center in Cape Girardeau

Plans move ahead for new VA health center in Cape Girardeau

Nearly four years after Congress approved initial funding for construction of a new veterans health care center in Cape Girardeau, final design work is slated to begin soon, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Angela Smith, public affairs officer...