Veterans

Florida4Warriors is an organization that provides support and community to veterans, active duty members and first responders, while bringing awareness to the issue of suicide among veterans.

In Alaska, home to the nation’s highest population of veterans per capita, loved ones recall Vietnam vets who suffered from exposure to the tactical herbicide long after their service ended.

The story of military service often centers on deployment and combat, but Memorial Day can also spotlight the years that follow.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to eliminate 25,000 vacant positions and implement the largest reorganization of its giant health care system in three decades.

During WUSF’s holiday fundraising drive, "Florida Matters Live & Local" revisits some of the best conversations from this fall.

Veterans with male breast cancer will face additional requirements to obtain VA care and disability benefits. The agency says the Biden administration falsely classified men's breasts as reproductive organs.

The online education pioneer has selected St. Petersburg for its first standalone, immersive in-person learning site in its 54-year history.

Actor Gary Sinese is working with CreatiVets, which is turning a former Nashville church into a 24-hour arts center where veterans can create, connect and heal through music and art.

Twelve Tampa area veterans' stories were recorded this spring for the Library of Congress and shared through StoryCorps.

USF associate professor Joseph Dituri, a Navy veteran who survived a TBI, hopes the pressure of pure oxygen into the body will decrease neural inflamation.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is aiming for a 15 percent cut in the agency's budget, even as it's serving a growing population of veterans.

The bill also would require the Department of Health to recertify patients’ eligibility for the medical marijuana program every two years instead of annually.