Without medical evidence that affirms a connection between Agent Orange and myelodysplastic syndrome, patients have struggled to qualify for benefits.

DALLAS More than 40 years after the U.S. military used Agent Orange to defoliate the jungles of Vietnam, the health-care bill is escalating. Over the past two years, federal officials say, an ...

A former Army linguist diagnosed with multiple myeloma believes her illness stems from Agent Orange exposure at Fort Ord, a ...

A new national study shows for the first time that people exposed to Agent Orange face a higher risk of developing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), tend to develop it earlier, and often have more ...

They endured the horrors of war but now aging Vietnam War veterans are fighting an ongoing battle against deadly diseases and illnesses linked to a chemical they were exposed to during war. The state ...

The study found that people exposed to Agent Orange face a higher risk of developing myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a bone marrow cancer that develops slowly over a lifetime of accumulated genetic ...

Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its ...

The VA, under the PACT Act, has added two new Agent Orange presumptive conditions: high blood pressure (also called hypertension) and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). These ...

August 10th of each year is Agent Orange Awareness Day. It is a day to provide awareness and information about the effects of Agent Orange on our servicemen and women who served in Vietnam. On the ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that "potentially millions" more veterans or their survivors could be eligible to receive health care or financial compensation for toxic exposure-related ...