Department of Veterans Affairs

More older people are using cannabis products regularly, but research suggests their cannabis-related health problems are also on the rise.

Most nurses, doctors and other staff caring for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs are not eligible for the offer. Others deemed ineligible range from laundry workers and cooks to pharmacists.

Even before the Trump administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs was falling far short of its hiring goals. Issues can be traced to the effects of the 2022 PACT Act and 2018 Mission Act.

While conditions have improved after the storm hit in September, some veterans remain without electricity and cut off by damaged roads.

National VA officials are commending staff in the Bay area for keeping patients safe during the storms. Now the focus is on rescheduling the thousands of appointments that had to be cancelled.

The VA's sports clinics introduce veterans to adaptive activities to help them recover from injuries and make fitness a part of their lives.

He ended up at a VA Medical Center in Gainesville seeking a voluntary stay for mental health treatment. Instead, he was involuntarily held under Florida’s Baker Act. Six months later, he killed himself.

The VA says there isn't a hiring freeze, although federal data shows the agency has been dealing with "severe shortages" of nurses for years. Nurses in Tampa say they're feeling the strain.

About 888,000 veterans and survivors in all 50 states received disability benefits under the 2022 law, which helps them get key benefits as a result of burn pit or other toxic exposure during their service.

The clinic shares space with a MacDill Air Force Base health center, part of a growing partnership between the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs.