A major provider of care for patients with kidney disease disclosed approximately 1 million medical records were exposed in a cyberattack, but it did not discuss the number of veterans’ records accessed.

The independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs said the department’s health system is facing a severe staffing shortage of clinical and nonclinical workers that has worsened since last year - at the same time the department has shed tens of thousands of workers and recruited fewer medical workers.

The American Legion and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America are among the veterans groups urging the administration to take action on reclassifying cannabis as a less dangerous drug.

Vietnam War veterans were exposed to open-air burn pits common during deployments, yet benefits for illnesses presumed to be related to airborne toxins does not extend to them under the PACT Act, according to a federal watchdog.

James Lovell, a former Navy test pilot and the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering in an ordeal that transfixed the world, has died at 97.

Some retired service members and others fighting the battle of the bulge will no longer have the cost of several popular weight loss drugs covered by the military health system, Tricare announced this week.

President Donald Trump recognized nearly 100 recipients of the Purple Heart at the White House on Thursday, including three service members who gave him their own medals after an attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.

The Veteran Farmers Market supports farmer veterans and promotes the Homegrown By Heroes label, which signifies an item is made by a U.S. veteran and is overseen by the Farmer Veteran Coalition.

The Warrior-Scholar Project, which has partnered with 19 different schools this summer, offers accelerated college courses to enlisted veterans and service members transitioning into college.

Veterans previously had to obtain a new referral from their VA doctor every 90 to 180 days to continue receiving many specialty health services at “VA expense.”