Closure of 3 Southern California power plants likely to be postponed, state energy officials decide
Temperatures in many California cities are cooling down this week, but a debate is simmering on how to generate enough electricity to power the state through extreme weather events while transitioning away from a reliance on fossil fuels.
VA and NAACP announce partnership to improve quality of life for Black and minority Veterans
VA and the NAACP announced an agreement to work together to advance and improve the quality of life for all Veterans, including minority Veterans.
VA and the American Association of Kidney Patients collaborate to enhance quality of life for Veterans with kidney disease
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a new partnership with the American Association of Kidney Patients to improve the everyday lives of Veterans with kidney disease in coordination with VA’s Kidney Medicine Program.
VA expands breast cancer screenings and mammograms for Veterans with potential toxic exposures
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that Veterans under 40 who may have been exposed to burn pits and other toxins during their service are now eligible for breast cancer risk assessments and mammograms (as clinically appropriate) at VA.
VA to review possible connections between toxic exposures and acute leukemia, chronic leukemia, and multiple myeloma
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will conduct a scientific review to determine whether there is a relationship between three conditions — acute leukemias, chronic leukemias, and multiple myeloma outside of the head and neck — and toxic exposures for service members who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Uzbekistan, and the entire Southwest Asia theater of operations.
