Tag: Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Nation & World

    Fresh start at the VA

    Robert McDonald, new U.S. secretary of veterans affairs, detailed initial progress in reforming the department, which has been scarred by revelations of mismanagement and lengthy, perhaps life-threatening, waits for veterans needing care.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A case for veterans

    Harvard Law School students argued a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, seeking to establish the rights of veterans who are redeployed and who also have benefits claims pending.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Protein that helps battle HIV

    Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard find that elevated levels of p21, a protein best known as a cancer fighter, may be involved in the immune system’s ability to control HIV infection.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Plugged in

    Leading government technology officers explored how technology can drive democracy forward during a discussion at the Harvard Kennedy School Forum.

    3 minutes