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Army Surgeon General’s Contingency Programs Provide Rapid Medical Readiness
Today’s Army faces complex, worldwide threats that set the conditions for varied missions in numerous environments – all under continuing budget reform. Being able to medically support Soldiers anywhere in the world at any given ... Read More
Brian Mast Named to House Veterans Affairs Committee
Freshman U.S. Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., whose name has garnered buzz as a contender to lead the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, has been named to the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee. Mast made the announcement of his new ... Read More
Legislation: Clinicians Must Be Involved in Formulary Design, Purchasing
Legislation to prevent VA from outsourcing creation of its drug formulary and to require more input from medical professions is being considered in Congress. The bipartisan bill was introduced by House Committee on Veterans Affairs ... Read More
A billionaire is opening a new mental health center in Colorado to treat veterans and their families
About half of U.S. military veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan don’t receive the mental health treatment they need, and the vast Veterans Health Administration system often doesn’t offer care for veterans’ families or for many ... Read More
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, ... Read More
Lawmakers advance VA health care overhaul, medical marijuana research for vets
House lawmakers advanced plans to increase veterans’ access to private-sector doctors, expand caregiver stipends to more former military families and increase medical marijuana research for veterans care in a flurry of votes before the Read More
VA and Small Business Administration Team up to Help Veteran Entrepreneurs
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is working with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide education and support to Veterans with disabilities interested in self-employment. VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation and ... Read More
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, ... Read More
Migration to Defense Health Agency to modernize Army medicine, surgeon general says
To help modernize the DoD’s medical community, the Army’s surgeon general, along with the other services, have been taking the necessary steps to migrate certain authorities and control from the military departments to the ... Read More
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 ... Read More