Jul 22, 2016 | News
“This seems like a hell of a fuss over something that happened 50 years ago,” Army Veteran Charles Kettles told the president before today’s White House event. That “fuss” he’s referring to is being awarded of the Medal of Honor. Kettles originally received a...
Jul 15, 2016 | News
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Choice Program (VCP) has reached a key milestone in improving access to health care for Veterans. More than two million appointments have been scheduled through the program. The Choice Act, which included the VCP, was...
Jul 8, 2016 | News
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has undertaken the most comprehensive analysis of Veteran suicide rates in the U.S., examining over 55 million Veteran records from 1979 to 2014 from every state in the nation. The effort extends VA’s knowledge from the previous...
Jul 1, 2016 | News
VA has led the nation in both health care and health care research for more than 40 years. The department has remained on the cutting edge of medicine – from winning a Nobel Prize for diabetes research to developing life changing innovations such as the pacemaker and...
Jul 1, 2016 | News
The National Veterans Wheelchair Games are presented each year by VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) with additional support from numerous corporate and community sponsors. The Salt Lake City Health Care System and PVA are hosting the 36th edition of the games...
Jun 27, 2016 | News
Edward Taylor finally got the opportunity he missed when he dropped out of school: walk at graduation. He didn’t leave high school due to bad grades or apathy, rather he left the Elmira Heights school district to serve in the Navy during World War II. He just...
