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VA may fast-track disability benefits for Air Force missile community
The Department of Veterans Affairs is considering offering easier access to disability benefits to airmen in the nuclear missile community.
Air Force expanding review of cancers in nuclear missile community
The expanded Air Force study will consider a broader range of career fields as well as an additional base.
By Tara Copp, AP
Soldier signs up thousands of troops for bone marrow donation
Now, Spc. Christian Sutton is known as “Bone Marrow Guy.”
By Sarah Sicard
Air Force investigating potential brain cancer cluster at Cannon AFB
Three children have been diagnosed with rare, fast-growing brain tumors since 2010, the Air Force said.
Navy unveils new process to speed payouts for Camp Lejeune illnesses
Individuals can get up to $550,000 through the new process, but officials won't say exactly when the payouts will be sent out.
Air Force cleaning up likely carcinogens found at 3 missile bases
All areas that tested positive for polychlorinated biphenyls, regardless of how contaminated, are undergoing remediation.
No harmful levels of PCBs found at Wyoming nuclear missile base
F.E. Warren is among three nuclear bases the Air Force is investigating after it found harmful levels of PCBs and cancers were reported.
By Tara Copp, AP
Study links ‘forever chemicals’ to testicular cancer in US troops
The military first documented health concerns surrounding chemicals known as PFAS decades ago yet has continued to use firefighting foam made with them.
By Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime, KFF Health News
Carcinogens found at Montana nuclear missile sites amid cancer reports
According to the Torchlight Initiative, 217 troops who served at nuclear missile sites, or their surviving family members, have reported cases of cancer.
By Tara Copp, AP
VA offers free breast cancer screenings to burn-pit vets 40 and under
The move for the first time opens up preventative care to some veterans younger than 40.
Opinion
VA’s small steps are leading to a giant step toward surviving cancer
The Department of Veterans Affairs has been at the forefront of the Cancer Moonshot as a member of the president’s Cancer Cabinet.
By Carolyn Clancy and Michael Kelley