by Christian Southards | Nov 3, 2021
As of Nov. 1, the homeless encampment outside the VA medical center in West Los Angeles, popularly known as “Veterans’ Row,” has been cleared by volunteers from AMVETS and the county. Another temporary encampment was set up by the VA on the West Los Angeles medical...
by Christian Southards | Mar 5, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs has received over 70,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, the agency announced Thursday. The Janssen vaccine is already being rolled out to VA health care systems throughout the country, including...
by Christian Southards | Feb 23, 2021
Black veterans have been “purposefully and systematically marginalized” by the Department of Veterans Affairs for decades, said the head of a Black veterans organization on Tuesday. Black Veterans Project filed three separate Freedom of Information Act...
by Christian Southards | Feb 12, 2021
On Jan. 14, the Black Veterans Empowerment Council — a newly-formed coalition of black veterans organizations — sent an open letter to then-President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris petitioning the inbound administration to diversify senior...
by Christian Southards | Feb 11, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced in a Feb. 5 press release that it has launched a new genetic testing tool that aims to provide researchers with new medical data on how conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes affect veterans hailing...
