Category: veterans administration

Orange County to Launch Veterans Suicide Prevention Program

Orange County will soon launch a new Veterans Suicide Prevention Pilot Program to help local veterans struggling with life changes or depression. County Supervisor Katrina Foley announced July 1 her office had secured $500,000 for the program’s launching cost, and the county Board of Supervisor’s new budget covers $2.5 million dedicated to the program’s early…


VA Nurses Union Holds Brooklyn Rally to Address Staffing Shortage

BROOKLYN, NY-National Nurses United, the union that represents nurses at hospitals throughout the United States—including several Veterans Affairs’ hospitals in New York—is holding localized rallies nationwide this week in an effort to alleviate staffing shortages at veterans’ hospitals. About 20 members of the New York region gathered at the entrance to the Brooklyn VA Medical…


Justice Memo Backing Mandatory COVID Shots ‘Is Absurd,’ Religious Liberty Group Claims

A Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum claims government and private corporations can mandate that employees be vaccinated against the CCP Virus, also known as the novel coronavirus, even though federal law specifies the contrary. An 18-page memorandum issued July 27 to support President Joe Biden’s direction that federal employees be required to be vaccinated or…


Religious Freedom Group to Challenge Veterans Administration’s Vaccine Mandate

A public interest law firm that specializes in First Amendment religious freedom litigation is challenging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs mandate that all employees be vaccinated against the CCP Virus that is also known as the novel coronavirus. “The COVID shots have only been approved for experimental and investigational use. Under the federal Emergency…