Veterans Affairs

Under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration and a GOP-controlled Congress, the Illinois Republican is hoping to fix problems with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Members of the union representing veterans nursing assistants at the Quincy home want facilities to have the power to hire people themselves.

Research into psychedelic drugs was halted in the 1960s as recreational use and its backlash criminalized them. The Veterans Administration is joining dozens of other medical providers and researchers in resuming that work.

A VA study concluded that veterans experience bulimia at about three times the civilian rate.

More than 23,000 veterans in the St. Louis Veterans Affairs Healthcare system have received one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and more than 15,000 of them are fully vaccinated. VA officials say they expect to vaccinate 80% of veterans by late June. They credit the strong relationships doctors have with their patients.

Most military personnel will be waiting until spring for a COVID-19 vaccination.

About 30 times a day, Drayton Denson answers the phone at a call center in south St. Louis County that helps U.S. military veterans secure a grateful…

Donna Rogers hasn’t received a paycheck in weeks. An Army veteran who works at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) office in St. Louis, she’s among…

Military veterans who work for the federal government are among the federal employees facing the loss of their first January paychecks due to the partial…

When Tom Palozola arrived at Webster University after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, he struggled to fit in with his younger classmates. But he found…