Latest "Healthcare" stories

The Department of Veterans Affairs building is seen in Washington on July 22, 2019.

The illusion of choice: VA care more equitable

There is no miracle cure to health inequity and this complex problem requires a deeper and often painful examination of how systemic issues, individual bias, and widespread injustice affect health outcomes.

By James Albino and Lourdes Tiglao

2 years ago

Health equity for women, minority veterans can be achieved only through choice

While some VA facilities offer top-notch care in certain fields, too many far underperform their local competitors.

By Darin Selnick

2 years ago

Personalized medicine is the future of health care for troops, advocates say

New military healthcare initiatives and non-profits are taking a holistic approach to treating the causes of illness, not just symptoms.

By Harm Venhuizen

2 years ago

Army veteran creates patch to honor health care workers

Army veteran Jacob Neal saw hospitals turn into battlefields due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so he designed a patch to honor healthcare workers.

By Zach England

3 years ago

COVID-19 shows why military health care shouldn’t be downsized

Military medicine has long been a critically valuable source of research, insight, training and skill for the nation and now is no different. Yet even as leaders turn to the military for manpower, medics, and expertise, the Defense Department is engineering a reduction of that system.

By Orville Wright and Col. Keith Zuegel (ret.)

3 years ago

Veterans are committing suicide in VA parking lots: report

Nineteen suicides have occurred on VA campuses from October 2017 to November 2018 – seven of them in parking lots.

By Joshua Axelrod

5 years ago