VA Inspector General Demands Whistleblower Documents Sent to Watchdog Group
Subpoenaed Documents Turned Over Anonymously to the Independent Watchdog Group. The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has subpoenaed documents turned over anonymously to the independent watchdog group Project on Government Oversight (POGO). Whistleblowers’ identities could be revealed. A … [Read more...]
After Failing to Answer FOIA Request VA Hit with Camp Lejeune Suit
Camp Lejeune Suit For Disability Benefits Filed. A lawsuit filed on behalf of two veteran groups is seeking answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs over its "subject matter expert" (SME) program, which is used to determine disability claims from Camp Lejeune residents. According to FoxNews.com, the suit was filed after the … [Read more...]
Infection Risk Prompts VA to Drop Avastin
Blinding Eye Infections Linked To Avastin. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will no longer use Avastin to treat age-related, wet macular degeneration until it finishes an investigation into blinding eye infections linked to the treatment. Doctors with the VA are being urged to use Lucentis, another - and more expensive - … [Read more...]
Review of VA Chantix Study Shows Agency Failed Vets
Review of VA Chantix Study. A review of a Chantix study conducted in cooperation with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has found that the VA was responsible for numerous "unacceptable failures" in ensuring safeguards for soldiers in the experiment. The Chantix study used veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder … [Read more...]
Chantix Scandal Prompts Changes at VA
VA Is Now Reviewing Chantix Scandal. Following revelations that it enrolled combat veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Chantix trial without warning participants of the drugs' suicide risks, the Department of Veterans Affairs is now reviewing drug protocols for such veterans. In the US, Chantix has been linked … [Read more...]
VA Warned of Chantix Danger in 2007
Veterans Affairs Warned About Chantix Danger. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was warned by its own doctors in 2007 that some veterans using the smoking cessation drug Chantix had experienced psychotic episodes and other bizarre behavior. Yet it wasn't until last month that the VA informed veterans using Chantix that the drug … [Read more...]
Government Study The Effects of Lariam
Side Effects of Lariam, A Malaria Medication. The government will study the side effects of a drug given to thousands of soldiers to prevent malaria. The Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Department will study the effects of lariam. The drug is routinely prescribed to soldiers working in countries where malaria is a … [Read more...]
