February is American Heart Month. VA Women’s Health Services in collaboration with the American Heart Association is joining this national movement to raise awareness and education about heart disease and stroke among women Veterans. Nurse Betty Canar …
The Internal Revenue Service announced recently that the nation’s 2018 tax season is underway and reminds taxpayers claiming certain tax credits that refunds won’t be available before late February. The IRS will begin accepting tax returns on Jan. 29, with …
The following is an edited excerpt from the introduction to the Office of Information and Technology 2017 Year in Review. As a Veteran and a public servant, I care deeply about VA—and not just because I work here. I receive my own health care and benefits …
Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-2nd Dist., a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, will be joined by U.S. Navy Veteran Joy Lewis Asuncion of Belfast as his guest at the 2018 State of the Union address tomorrow night. Born and raised in Belfast, Asuncion …
The 2017-18 flu season is shaping up to be one of the worst on record. Featuring a particularly nasty strain of flu that is both virulent and hard hitting, this year’s flu has resulted in a number of deaths throughout the nation and has left thousands home …
The Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Connected Care will participate in a Facebook Live event on Feb. 1 with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). The discussion will focus on promoting VA’s connected health care tools for Veterans …
The Department of Veterans Affairs is revolutionizing the use of new health care technology to deliver convenient, accessible health care to Veterans. VA’s TeleHealth service is mission critical to the future direction of VA, and utilizes health …
PORTLAND, Maine - Maine is taking stock of homelessness with an annual count. The point-in-time count is set for Tuesday night. The number will serve as a benchmark to determine how many homeless there are in the United States. The Maine State Housing …
At a time when the Department of Veterans Affairs has its hands full combating the opiate epidemic among veterans; walking a tightrope on medical cannabis research; chipping away at its claims backlog; and ending veterans suicide, it’s struggling to find …
Ralph Sargent swears he felt the 152-millimeter artillery round fly by as he crouched in his foxhole dug into the red clay of Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, narrowly missing him and hitting a pallet about 10 feet away, peppering the Marine with splinters but …
VA’s Veterans Health Administration received advance appropriations for fiscal year 2018 as part of the 2017 budget. So VHA is continuing full operations. In addition, 95.5 percent of VA employees will come to work as normal, and most aspects of VA’s …
On Jan. 1, 108 Maine veterans did not have a place to call home: 33 veterans were utilizing transitional housing; 28 were deemed chronically homeless; and 32 veterans didn’t have a housing plan at all. Compared to the overall population of veterans in …
Maine’s Hire-A-Vet Campaign is offering businesses attendance at Military Culture 202, a no-cost training seminar to help employers recruit and retain veterans to their workforce. A panel of employers, including IDEXX, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems ( …
Last week, I had the privilege of attending and presenting at this year’s Student Veterans of America National Convention (NatCon). In a recent survey by Service Women’s Action Network, about a quarter of women reported not feeling welcome in service …
OAKLAND — The Travis Mills benefit concert, organized by Boy Scout Adam DeWitt, will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at the Messalonskee High School Performing Arts Center, 131 Messalonskee High Drive, Oakland. Admission to the concert is free, though …
LEWISTON — Museum L-A staff delivered thank-you cards to two veterans’ homes during the holidays in recognition of their service to the country. Visitors age 5 and older wrote personal thank-yous on the note cards throughout the recent exhibit, “The Work …
Posted: Jan 16, 2018 / 05:25 PM EST / Updated: Jan 16, 2018 / 05:25 PM EST WASHINGTON, DC (WJHL) – Several Veterans Affairs representatives are expected to speak about the impact of opioid discontinuation on suicides during the National Prescription Drug …
Today VA announced a major milestone, that 100 percent of its more than 1,000 medical facilities across the country now offer same-day services for urgent primary and mental health-care needs. Same-day services means a Veteran with an urgent need for …
Back In The Maine Stream seeks new members. The non-profit organization of disabled veterans with a strong desire to help other disabled Maine veterans increase their quality of life and heal physical and emotional trauma through recreational fishing. …
Today U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David J. Shulkin announced that VA has begun publicly posting information on opioids dispensed from VA pharmacies, along with VA’s strategies to prescribe these pain medications appropriately and safely. With …
