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Veterans Affairs Nurse Charged In Opioid Theft Scandal In Minneapolis

One Minneapolis VA Medical Center nurse was charged with stealing opioids from work according to a criminal complaint filed…

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Data Suggests Veterans At Much Higher Risk Of Rare Eye Cancer Than Public

Records from the Department of Veterans Affairs suggest veterans are 17 times more likely to develop a rare eye…

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Marijuana Is Out, Ecstasy Is ‘Breakthrough Therapy’ For PTSD

After loads of lobbying, methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA (aka Ecstasy aka Molly aka E), is now touted by FDA as…

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Guilty: VA Clinician Sodomized, Molested Veteran Patients

A Kansas jury convicted sex abuser Mark Wisner of five sex-related charges committed while he worked as a physician…

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Police SWAT Kills Suicidal Veteran While Trying To Save Her

A police SWAT team shot and killed a suicidal veteran while trying to save her after she threatened suicide…

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Whistleblower, ‘Manipulations And Secret Wait Lists’ Go Unfixed, Unpunished

A prominent VA whistleblower just reported VA created a new backlog through manipulations and secret wait lists that have…

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Veteran To Get $550,000 After VA Doctors Ignore Heart Failure For Years

One Iowa veteran is set to receive a $550,000 settlement after VA doctors overlooked test result showing his heart…

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Leading Veterans Rights Attorney Blasts New Appeals Legislation

Leading veterans rights attorney John Wells, through his organization Military-Veterans Advocacy, spoke out against new legislation that outstrips certain…