VA News

• Understanding and healing after pregnancy or infant loss
  Posted on Wednesday September 17, 2025
  Pregnancy loss is deeply personal and emotional. VA offers Veteran-tailored support to help you heal both emotionally and physically. Continue Reading »
• Veteran’s journey with multiple sclerosis
  Posted on Wednesday September 17, 2025
  One Veteran’s journey dealing with Multiple Sclerosis and navigating VA services and how VA help her carry on. Continue Reading »
• Veterans Affairs Life Insurance Program tops $2 billion in coverage for service-connected Veterans
  Posted on Wednesday September 17, 2025
  Since its launch in 2023, the Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife) program has already provided over $2 billion in total coverage to more than 60,000 Veterans. Continue Reading »
• Beyond crisis response: How Compassionate Contact Corps uses human connection to transform suicide prevention
  Posted on Wednesday September 17, 2025
  VA's Compassionate Contact Corps matches trained VA volunteers with Veterans for weekly companionship calls. What started as an eight-facility emergency response has grown to over 120 VA facilities nationwide. Continue Reading »
• What to know about new federal resume requirements
  Posted on Tuesday September 16, 2025
  Beginning Sept. 27, 2025, all federal resumes will need to adhere to a two-page limit. Here’s what you need to know about new requirements. Continue Reading »
• LA VA partners with community groups to aid homeless Veterans
  Posted on Tuesday September 16, 2025
  Working closely with community partners helps VA better serve Veterans who are facing homelessness. Continue Reading »
• Hiring Veterans: Jobs of the week for Sept. 15, 2025
  Posted on Tuesday September 16, 2025
  This post contains links to jobs for the week of Sept. 15, 2025. Each week, we post relevant and timely listings as we receive them, and for the locations listed. Continue Reading »
• Therapy dog and owner provide healing power
  Posted on Tuesday September 16, 2025
  A therapy dog team provides help by volunteering at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks. Continue Reading »
• Get free job hunting guidance from mentors at 1,500 companies
  Posted on Tuesday September 16, 2025
  American Corporate Partners (ACP) offers a free, year-long mentorship program for post-9/11 Veterans. They'll pair you with a professional at one of over 1,500 companies—including Amazon, Disney, and Lockheed Martin—who can help you translate your military skills into a successful civilian career. Continue Reading »
• Live Whole Health #290: Compassion is your battle buddy!
  Posted on Monday September 15, 2025
  For this week's #LiveWholeHealth practice, we learn about how compassion and kindness help you fight the battles within. Continue Reading »
• Women Veterans: You deserve to be safe
  Posted on Monday September 15, 2025
  VA offers services to support women Veterans affected by IPV, including screening, safety planning, mental health care, and access to safe shelters and legal assistance. Continue Reading »
• Squeaky clean for surgery success
  Posted on Monday September 15, 2025
  At VA Augusta Health Care System, a Sterile Processing Services team of 24 works hard to clean and prepare over 10,000 tools each month, keeping everything germ-free to ensure every surgery at VA Augusta Health Care System goes smoothly. Continue Reading »
• Whole Health helps Marine Veteran find tools to heal
  Posted on Sunday September 14, 2025
  Marine Veteran Elias M. relied on intense training to cope. When health problems took that away, Whole Health gave him tools to heal and reconnect with life. Continue Reading »
• VA Telehealth brings care directly to Veterans
  Posted on Sunday September 14, 2025
  VA celebrates the fifth annual Telehealth Awareness Week. Continue Reading »
• Veteran Directed Care keeps Veteran at home and comfortable
  Posted on Saturday September 13, 2025
  Veteran Directed Care allows for Veterans in need of high level of care to remain in their homes instead of a VA facility. Continue Reading »
• What’s your ‘why’ for stopping tobacco use?
  Posted on Saturday September 13, 2025
  Navy Veteran Dustin Johnson stopped using tobacco to save cash for his future. Many Veterans find other motivators. Explore which ones might work for you. Continue Reading »
• Discover your next career in a VA rural community 
  Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
  Find a community and career that’s right for you in a rural area. Let’s explore the rich heritage of Chillicothe, Ohio. Continue Reading »
• A quick, secure message helped a Veteran get home safely
  Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
  After breaking his glasses, Veteran Bobby Holt sent a secure message to a VA care team and received a replacement prescription in a matter of minutes Continue Reading »
• Wound care at Sheridan VA gives 95-year-old Veteran a second chance
  Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
  After being told he was dying, Roy Clifton chose Sheridan VA for hospice care. Thanks to expert wound care, he recovered and will reunite with his spouse of 73 years. Continue Reading »
• VA Research Wrap Up: New findings on suicide prevention, TBI and aging, homecare system for older Veterans
  Posted on Friday September 12, 2025
  This week, VA’s Office of Research and Development published three News Briefs highlighting research findings on community asset maps to aid suicide prevention; reversing the aging caused by TBIs, and a new homecare system for older Veterans. Continue Reading »