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Oakland VA Office Makes Veterans Wait 618 Days for Disability Pay
by Aaron Glantz, The Bay Citizen The Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to provide key information to Congress and the public that shows the agency’s ability to quickly provide service-related benefits has virtually collapsed under President Barack Obama. Infographic: … Continue reading
60 Receive Antibiotics in Fatal Bacterial Meningitis Case
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(Bay City News) A laboratory at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been shut down following the weekend death of a researcher that was apparently caused by deadly bacteria he was working with, a VA official said today. … Continue reading
Victim of Bacterial Meningitis at VA Lab Named; Lab Worked With Several Strains
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The 25-year old lab worker who died on Saturday from a bacterial infection has been identified as Treasure Island resident Richard Din. Din died of a form of bacterial meningitis that he likely caught while working in a San Francisco … Continue reading
Lab Accident at San Francisco VA Leaves Man Dead of Bacterial Meningitis
A young lab assistant at the VA Medical Center in San Francisco died on Saturday after becoming infected with a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis that he had been working with in the lab. Officials at the VA wouldn't release … Continue reading
Veterans More Likely To Be Homeless, New Study Aims to Find Out Why
Military veterans are 50 percent more likely to be homeless than other Americans, according to a new joint study by the departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD). And among those homeless vets, one in four … Continue reading
