Iraq Health News

Evidence was growing this weekend that babies born in the Iraqi city of Fallujah – scene in 2004 of one of the few set-piece battles of the invasion – are exhibiting high rates of mortality and birth defects. In September...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found his health reform efforts seriously complicated Monday by the explosive issue of abortion , as key centrist senators said they wanted to see airtight language in the bill blocking federal funding for the procedure....

Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn are demanding assurances that detainees at the Guantánamo Bay terrorist prison won't receive the swine flu vaccine until all 159 million Americans at elevated risk have access to a vaccination. The Texans, along with...

Democrats walked into a Monday afternoon news conference to criticize Sen. Tom Coburn, looked into the audience and saw ... Tom Coburn. “I’m going to enjoy the festivities,” said the Oklahoma Republican, waiting for Sens. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Jon Tester...

The Department of Veterans Affairs laid out Tuesday an ambitious five-year goal of curbing the number of homeless veterans, pledging $3.2 billion to an issue that is more rapidly affecting those who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars than...

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Friday to drop his hold and allow a vote to be held on a bill to offer assistance and improve benefits to wounded veterans and their caregivers. Without identifying Coburn by name, Sen. Daniel Akaka,...

Maya Schenwar, t r u t h o u t Report More than 2,200 veterans under the age of 65 died last year due to lack of health insurance, according to a study out of Harvard Medical School released today...The...

From our borders, where Welcome to Douglas County signs proclaim “We honor veterans,” to the sprawling campus of the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the lawn of the Roseburg National Cemetery, there are plenty of reminders of the importance...

Cadets fraternal organization of The National Society of the Pershing Rifles, Company M-6, will perform its annual Veterans Day Vigil at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, across the street from the Old Capitol on South Monroe Street...Two cadets will stand guard...

Unemployment may have hit double digits in the nation last week, but for veterans, finding a job has always had its challenges. The unemployment rate among people who served in the military since 2001 was 11.6 percent in October, according...