Author Archives: Lindsay Russell

by Lindsay Russell // May 3, 2020 PROVIDENCE – “You know those people who just hate everything, no matter what?” Master Sgt. David Silva asked. “Those are the people who don’t want to use the VA.”    Silva, an Army veteran and an Army reservist for 35 years, has been receiving his medical care fromContinue reading “VA Privatization: A real threat or a ‘red herring?’”

by Lindsay Russell // March 2, 2020 WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed a bill in early February that would launch a five-year pilot program to make federal grants available to nonprofits that train service dogs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. As part of the pilot program, the Department of Veterans Affairs wouldContinue reading “Recent House bill highlights the need for creative PTSD treatments for veterans”

by Lindsay Russell // February 13, 2020 // last updated March 6, 2020 WASHINGTON – A panel of public health experts testified on Wednesday before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs that the United States does not have the resources to handle a global outbreak like the novel coronavirus. The panel agreedContinue reading “Public health experts identify drug manufacturing as a top vulnerability in the fight to contain the coronavirus in the United States”