BackgroundHearing loss is among the most prevalent and potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia across the life ...

The Full Cost of War Act would require Congress to include VA funding in any authorization to use military force or declare ...

Millions of veterans will receive their monthly disability payments in February—but when will it arrive? Why It Matters.

Criteria the VA developed in 1945 do not align with modern medicine, employment and the impact of disabilities on a veteran’s ...

Every servicemember enters and leaves the armed forces with a medical examination. That procedural fact reflects the original logic behind what the Department of Veterans Affairs calls “disability ...

Earl Wisener is a homebound 96-year-old Army and Air Force veteran plagued with almost daily migraine headaches, hearing loss, incontinence and a heart murmur. He has had prostate and skin cancer, the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In a contentious hearing that featured Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem ...

Hearing loss is not something anyone really prepares for, even though it affects roughly 1 in 7 Americans, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America. That makes it twice as common as ...

(NEXSTAR) – The World Health Organization has issued new guidance on the use of popular GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound, to treat the “major global health challenge” of ...

A bill in Congress would significantly increase the amount of disability compensation awarded to veterans with catastrophic injuries and survivors, but lawmakers are sparring over how to cover its ...

Tinnitus is the most common service-connected disability among U.S. veterans, affecting more than 2 million former service members and ranking at the top of VA disability statistics. Beyond the ...