Tag Archives: VA

The Department of Veterans Affairs is recruiting 8,000 volunteers for the Phase 3 clinical trials of at least four COVID-19 vaccine candidates at 20 federal medical facilities across the U.S.

National Nurses United today urged Senate members to reject S. 2372, the VA Mission Act which they called a major step towards the privatization of veterans ...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted this morning in favor of a measure that would allow Veterans Administration doctors to recommend medical marijuana for their patients in ...

Veterans are still waiting to see a doctor. Two years ago, vets were waiting a long time for care at Veterans Affairs clinics. At one facility in Phoenix, for ...

Veterans Affairs hospitals seem to do just as well as other U.S. hospitals when it comes to treating older men with heart disease or pneumonia, ...

By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Managing Editor (HealthDay News) — It started as a deadly but little-known outbreak in West Africa, but the lethal and unchecked spread ...

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Cancer-related imaging use is lower in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system than in fee-for-service ...

By Alan Lyndon The VA is aggressively hiring physicians and significantly increasing referrals of veterans to private docs. That’s the word from the new chief ...

By Brad Broker This Physicians News story can be republished for free. (See details) On the eve of its summer recess, Congress passed the $17 ...

By Mary Agnes Carey On Capitol Hill, lawmakers resume work this week to resolve differences over legislation aimed at alleviating long wait times for medical care at the ...