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 ...

Exposure to Agent Orange damages brain tissue in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease The neurotoxic effects of Agent Orange have important implications for the long-term brain health not only of ...

Vietnam War-era veterans exposed to Agent Orange appear to have significantly more Graves' disease, a thyroid disorder, than veterans with no exposure, a new study by endocrinologists at the ...

The earlier date is when VA first published a regulation on presumptive Agent Orange diseases, sparking a successful court challenge on behalf of ailing Vietnam vets.

Agent Orange was a defoliant used heavily throughout Vietnam during the war. Exposure to the toxic herbicide has been linked to several health problems including Parkinson's disease, type 2 ...

The Utah Agent Orange Veterans Foundation (UAOVF) has recently come up with a new design for the state’s Agent Orange Memorial. The monument’s original design was modified in order to make it more ...

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.

Men exposed to Agent Orange during their military service had a modestly increased risk for bladder cancer, results of a retrospective study of Vietnam veterans showed. Despite the slightly higher ...

The list of diseases linked to possible Agent Orange exposure includes diseases ranging from prostate and respirators cancers to type 2 diabetes. The list is also growing.

Veterans with Agent Orange-related conditions have an average 70% disability rating, which pays at least $1,663.06 per month for veterans without dependents.

In 1991, Congress enacted the Agent Orange Act, which allowed the Department of Veterans Affairs to declare certain medical conditions presumptive.