Fed Panel Presses Gulf War Illness Aid
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A federal panel that has spent two years reviewing studies of Gulf War illnesses recommends focusing future research on the effects of the toxic substances that veterans encountered during the 1991 conflict.
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A Senate panel on Thursday voted to expand brain screenings and counseling for wounded veterans of the Iraq war and to reduce red tape for service members moving from Pentagon to Veterans Affairs care.
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NEW YORK  - The psychological needs of U.S. military personnel and their families are straining the current mental health services of the military, concludes an American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force charged with looking into the issue.
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Medical experts and U.S. senators accused the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs Department on Tuesday of failing to take seriously illnesses suffered by U.S. 1991 Gulf War veterans and doing too little to help them.
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WASHINGTON - Finance officials failed to resolve their differences over debt relief for the world's poorest countries and Iraq while expressing concern about the impact high oil prices would have on a strengthening global economy.    The ministers and central bank governors attended weekend steering committee meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank before heading into a session involving all 184 member nations of the two lending organizations on Sunday, the final day of talks...
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WASHINGTON  - Lung cancers among US veterans of the 1991 Gulf War (news - web sites) could be linked to exposure to damaging substances from oil well fires or missile propellents, according to a report.
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Independent investigators looking into alleged corruption in the Iraq oil-for-food program said Monday they would check into allegations that victims of Iraq's 1991 invasion of Kuwait are being overcompensated by about &#36;4 billion.
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AN independently-funded inquiry called yesterday for the Ministry of Defence to compensate up to 6000 British veterans of the 1991 Gulf war for &quot;damaged health&quot; as a result of their service.
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A House of Representatives  subcommittee is expected to take up legislation next week meant  to bolster the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to  monitor prescription drug side effects, the panel&#39;s chairman  said in a letter released on Thursday.
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The government must acknowledge that thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 Gulf War are suffering serious illnesses as a direct result, a heavyweight inquiry has concluded.
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A federal advisory panel recommends sweeping changes to Medicaid to rein in costs, including greater use of managed care for the sickest recipients.
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A House subcommittee investigating the United Nations oil-for-food program expanded its inquiry on Tuesday to the Bush administration&#39;s postwar stewardship of Iraq&#39;s oil money.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) sought observer status at meetings of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), part of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Veterans of the Gulf War suffer more health problems than other members of the military but the causes of the mysterious array of symptoms may never be known, a leading British scientist said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON -- Leaders of a bipartisan panel on Iraq sought to deflect criticism yesterday that their new war strategy endorses defeat, saying the Bush administration must push Mideast diplomacy or face "major-league problems."
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A group of residents called Monday for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the Sept. 11 Commission to investigate why levees failed during Hurricane Katrina.
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An independent inquiry called on the Ministry of Defence yesterday to admit the existence of Gulf War syndrome and set aside millions of pounds to compensate sick veterans.