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...
Jun 24, 2016 | News
On June 12, shortly after the deadly shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, VA deployed Mobile Vet Centers to help those exposed to the trauma and aftermath of that deadly event. While VA’s Vet Centers and its mobile teams usually serve combat Veterans...
Jun 24, 2016 | News
Secretary Bob McDonald spoke at the Brookings Institute on Monday. The question headlining the event was “Can the Department of Veterans Affairs be modernized?” McDonald’s first comment was “Absolutely, yes.” McDonald’s message reiterated VA’s priorities and described...
Jun 20, 2016 | News
For Maine Veteran Bill Marinelli, becoming homeless at age 70 was like finding himself floating aimlessly down a river. “You see people on the banks,” he explains, “but you’re not a part of them.” He didn’t know it at the time, but a friend, community partners and our...