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A new medical study of military toxic exposure symptoms set to be published this month indicates that individuals who served around dangerous burn pit smoke may face a greater risk of mental health ...

The Biden administration expanded benefits for veterans with cancer believed to be linked to burn pits where tens of thousands of service members were exposed to toxic waste. The new step, announced ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Robstown and western Nueces County. As some know, war often follows veterans home long after a conflict ends. The co-founder of Burn Pits 360, an organization focused ...

Many American troops were injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars not by bombs or bullets, but by something seemingly innocuous: getting rid of trash. The American military dumped garbage — human ...

Updated: Thursday 2:30p after Washington event. WASHINGTON • During her eight months in Iraq, Army veteran Aubrey Tapley spent day and night near a smoldering fire that consumed medical wastes, oil ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. LOS ANGELES • The noxious smoke plumes that wafted over the military base in Balad, Iraq, alarmed Lt. Col. Michelle Franco. The ...

You can't tell by looking at him, but retired Staff Sgt. Wesley Black is about to die. He's just 35 years old. And today he's having what he calls a good day. "I could be dead tomorrow. I could live ...

A new medical study suggests potential new reasons for mental health challenges of veterans exposed to toxic chemicals while in the ranks. Here, a soldier burns waste outside a U.S. military base near ...