Major military conference adds health-themed summit to its annual show
The MCON 2025 is scheduled for Oct. 23-26 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Todd South
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GOP plan provides $453 billion for VA programs, benefits next year
The spending plan for Veterans Affairs next year is up significantly from current levels but is about $1 billion less than what the White House wanted.
This week in Congress: Dunford faces the Senate
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Sept. 25, 2017.
Suicide rates among veterans highest in western US, rural areas
Suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas, according to new government data that show wide state-by-state disparities and suggest social isolation, gun ownership and access to health care may be factors.
VA to make beds available to non-veterans in hurricane's aftermath
Department officials can make facilities available to non-veterans in cases of emergency.
SC medical practice will pay $2 million to settle allegations of false Tricare, Medicare claims
Key officials will lose management positions as part of the agreement. The company denies any wrongdoing.
By Karen Jowers
Military scientists are working to help wounded warriors regrow their limbs
Wounded troops may soon be able to regrow muscle, bone and tissue, and essentially regenerate their lost limbs, military scientists say.
By Kathleen Curthoys
Rand study recommends improvements to mental health care for service members
A Rand survey also finds most PTSD patients take more than one medication, and nearly 1 in 4 of them have at least four prescriptions.
By Karen Jowers
Jan Kemp, who founded VA's suicide hotline, dies at 63
Dr. Janet Kemp, a longtime Veterans Affairs administrator who established the Veterans Crisis Line, passed away last week in upstate New York.
DoD needs better suicide prevention, study finds
Service members at risk of suicide not getting the help they need, report finds.
By Mackenzie Wolf