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One of the costliest drugs on the market threatens the Veterans Affairs Department’s health budget to the point that VA, which added the medication to its formulary in April, provides it to only the sickest

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., Wednesday was officially named chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, which will play a key role in ensuring that critical reforms passed by Congress last year are implemented

FBI agents were questioning hundreds of patients of the Veterans Affairs medical center in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, seeking witnesses to a shooting that left one person and the gunman dead. The shooter opened

Q: Can I transfer my VA education benefits to a dependent? A: With both the Montgomery GI Bill and the Veterans Educational Assistance Program, a veteran may not transfer any benefits to a dependent or

Michael Washington said he’s not suicidal, but on some days he wishes that he were never born. And over the past two decades, there have been a lot of days like that. Washington, 56, lived

DUBUQUE, Ia. Before he deployed to Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines several years ago, Christopher Billmyer bought a German shepherd rescue dog in Los Angeles that had been hit by a car. Ill take care

BROCKTON Military veterans who were using an outpatient clinic in Quincy will temporarily see doctors in Brockton after the abrupt closure last month of Quincy Medical Center. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs clinic closed

HELENA, Mont. (AP) The Department of Veterans Affairs is hosting a town hall in Missoula to take questions from Montana veterans. The meeting will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Jan. 14

WEST COVINA >> San Gabriel Valleys only shelter for homeless female veterans and their children has lost its South Walnut Avenue home to eviction. The residents at Almost Home Transitional Housing, a rent-free temporary housing

The year 2015 could bring about some momentous changes for veterans. First, it is the year that the Department of Veterans Affairs set as the deadline for ending veteran homelessness according to a 5-year plan

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – They served their nation and in many cases put their own lives on the line, but a large number of Missouri veterans are now homeless, which is why one nonprofit is reaching

The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced a new program called Operation AmeriCorps, aimed at using national service as the transformative catalyst to address a communitys most pressing local problem. Through Operation AmeriCorps,