PALM DESERT – Last week, U.S. Congressman Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25) and U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) celebrated the advancement ...

The Biden administration expanded benefits for veterans with cancer believed to be linked to burn pits where tens of thousands of service members were exposed to toxic waste. The new step, announced ...

This week’s episode of The BLUF looks at the updated Airborne Hazards and Open Air Burn Pit Registry associated with the PACT Act, which expands VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to ...

In response to concerns over possible adverse effects of exposures to emissions from open burn pits used in Southwest Asia military operations, Congress passed PL 112-260, §201, which directed the ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Army veteran Le Roy Torres describes the threat of burn pits as “the invisible enemy,” a danger he says followed him home from Iraq and continues to shape the lives of ...

SAN ANTONIO – For one U.S. Army veteran, art is a way to give back. His paintbrush and vision are his new weapons after serving his country during the global war on terrorism. Abraham “Ghost” Cazares ...

The impact of VA Secretary Collins' staffing cuts remains hazy, not unlike the downwind side of a burn pit, Dan Clare of DAV argues in this op-ed. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) In 2008, I left Balad Air ...