CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Members of the military and first responders serve our community without question. Now a local non-profit is showing how much those heroes are appreciated. How do you say thank ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rosie Torres of Robstown, Texas, is no Washington lobbyist, but she’s been making the long trek to Capitol Hill for some 13 years, knocking year after year on lawmakers’ doors. Her ...

Tens of thousands of veterans and service members stationed at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan say exposure to trash fires or “burn pits” has left them with breathing problems and other chronic ...

Biden addresses possible link between son’s fatal brain cancer and toxic military burn pits PBS: Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, professor of medicine, discussed how multidisciplinary research could lead to ...

They've been referred to as the Agent Orange of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Burn pits were used by the United States military to dispose of rubbish including chemicals, plastics, rubber, munitions ...

WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden, whose son Beau was an Iraq war veteran, used his first Veterans Day in office to announce an effort to better understand, identify and treat medical conditions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. More than 10,000 homes and other structures were consumed by ...