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 ...

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 ...

Medical researchers say there may be a link between exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War and an increased chance of developing serious heart problems ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It is one of the dark chapters of the Vietnam war. The military sprayed Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide, on the dense jungles of Vietnam. The millions of gallons quickly ...

An American flag dangles from the Torres home, the sign of a long battle won: a new law — signed Thursday by President Barack Obama — creating a registry of U.S. service members perhaps sickened or ...

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

Several years after a scientific body recommended that the Department of Veterans Affairs consider adding four conditions -- bladder cancer, hypothyroidism, hypertension and Parkinson's-like symptoms ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs will soon start processing claims for three new presumptive illnesses linked to exposure to herbicides in Vietnam and elsewhere. It also plans to automatically ...

SLIDELL, La. — The plaintiff in a pivotal Agent Orange lawsuit that won with the help of Slidell-based Military Veteran’s Advocacy, or MVA, has died. Navy Veteran Alfred Procopio, Junior died of ...

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 ...