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.
Read More »Nurses Urge Senate to Reject VA ‘Mission to Privatize’ Act; Endangers Healthcare for Veterans
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 ...
Read More »US House Votes To Let VA Doctors Recommend Marijuana To 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 ...
Read More »Wait Times At The V.A. Have Gotten Worse For Veterans And Doctors
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 ...
Read More »VA Hospital Care Rates Just As Well As Private Centers
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, ...
Read More »Ebola, Obamacare Top U.S. Health News for 2014
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 ...
Read More »Lower Use of Cancer-Related Imaging in VA Health System
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 ...
Read More »VA Already Reports More Referrals To Private Doctors, Improved Hiring Plans
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 ...
Read More »Congress Approves $17 Billion To Overhaul V.A.: Hire More Doctors, Open New Clinics
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 ...
Read More »Needs of Vets Should Determine Where They Get Care
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 ...
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