Aug 15, 2016 | News
From the 1950s through the 1980s, people living or working at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, were potentially exposed to drinking water contaminated with industrial solvents, benzene, and other chemicals.Health benefits and eligibility You...
Aug 10, 2016 | News
VA’s Million Veteran Program (MVP) has reached an important milestone when an Army Veteran from Montgomery, Alabama, became the 500,000th to voluntarily enroll in the research database program–making MVP the largest genomic database in the world. Launched in 2011, and...
Aug 9, 2016 | News
The IAM regrets to announce the death of Bob Buffenbarger, 89, a Machinists Union member since 1956 and the father of retired International President Tom Buffenbarger. Bob Buffenbarger passed away Saturday, August 6 after a short illness. “We’ve lost a true...
Aug 9, 2016 | News
On June 30, 2016, the Commission on Care submitted its Final Report, calling for drastic and harmful changes to the current health care system for veterans. Originally created through the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA), the commission...
Aug 5, 2016 | News
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today released results of The Joint Commission Special Focused Surveys on VA health care facilities. VA invited The Joint Commission to conduct unannounced, focused surveys at 139 medical facilities and 47 community-based...
