VA to Compete Biological 'Prosthetics' Purchases In a reversal, the Veterans Health Administration will now apply federal acquisition rules when buying “biologics” --...
Army Suicides Double From June to July The Army says suicides among active-duty soldiers more than doubled in July from the month before.
Trump Signs Bill to Speed Up VA Disability Appeals Process President Donald Trump signed Wednesday the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.
Groups Say COLA Bill Will Cost Disabled Vets Five veterans' service organizations have opposed a bill sent to the House floor on Wednesday that would guarantee disabled...
This Woman Flew an F-35 Simulator with Her Mind A patient for an experimental DoD robotics program, is breaking ground in freeing the mind from the limitations of the body.
After Terminator Arm, DARPA Wants Implantable Hard Drive for the Brain A Pentagon program has already developed a highly advanced prosthetic arm. Now DARPA wants to expand on that cutting-edge...
New Science Holds Hope for Veterans with Groin Injuries Bioengineering advances in penis replacement could restore creative organ use for some wounded troops.
VA 'Presumption' Regulation Could Help Up to 15K Lejeune Vets The Department of Veterans Affairs expects up to 15,000 seriously ill veterans who served at Camp Lejeune, N.C., before 1988.
Report: VA Biased Against Sexual Trauma Claims Claims granted for PTSD related to sexual trauma were from 17 to 30 percentage points lower than PTSD claims for other trauma...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
