WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following testimony by Lisa M. Arfons, acting assistant under secretary for health for the Office of Integrated Veteran Care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, from a June 30, 2026, on legislation to expand specialized medical access and caregiver support to veterans: * * * Chairwoman Miller-Meeks, Ranking Member Brownley, and other Members of the Subcommittee: thank you for inviting us here today to discuss 15 bills  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following testimony by Lisa M. Arfons, acting assistant under secretary for health for the Office of Integrated Veteran Care at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, from a June 30, 2026, on legislation to expand specialized medical access and caregiver support to veterans: * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Position: VA supports this bill, subject to amendments, but is unable to assess the impact to budgetary resources an more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 14 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL OBTAINS GUILTY PLEA, PRISON SENTENCE IN CASE AGAINST COOK COUNTY WOMAN WHO ABUSED DISABLED INDIVIDUAL * Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul today announced that a suburban Cook County woman was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal neglect of an individual with a disability in a case prosecuted by the Attorney General's office. Bernice Piet, 70, of Burbank, Illinois, pleaded gu more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, July 14 -- The Defense Health Agency issued the following news: * * * DHA partners with Marines to refine portable TBI assessment technology * Team members with the Defense Health Agency's Warfighter Readiness, Performance, and Brain Health team hosted an end-user touchpoint at the Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Tactical Medicine Training Center, June 30, 2026. The event brought together U.S. Navy corpsmen and medical officers from across the II Marine Expeditionary Force to assess new capabilities for evaluating tr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health released the following written testimony by Chelsea Morea, Gold Star spouse of former U.S. Navy Commander Douglas 'Dorothy' Morea, from a June 30, 2026, hearing on the Trauma Outreach, Understanding, and Resiliency Through Spirituality Act (H.R. 9376): * * * Chairwoman Miller-Meeks, Ranking Member Brownley, and distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to be here before you today. I appreciate your focus on the long-term brain health and m more PR

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Administration for Community Living, seeks proposals for the Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program. This initiative aims to enhance state-level efforts in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals who have experienced traumatic brain injuries. The TBI State Partnership Program is designed to facilitate collaboration among state agencies, educational institutions, and community organizations to improve access to services more ST

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 14 -- The New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Accelerated Program Propelled Krish Poudel Toward Medicine and Innovation Written by: Mindy Weisberger Good things may come to those who wait, but Krish Poudel '26 isn't waiting to pursue his lifelong dream of a medical career. It took him just three years to earn a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering as part of New Jersey Institute of Technology's accelerated B.S./M.D. program, and he now continues his M.D. studies at Rutgers New  more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, July 13 -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center posted the following news: * * * Researcher Receives $466,000 Federal Grant to Study Eye Damage from Chemical Warfare Agents * Nawajes Mandal, PhD, professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, has been awarded a $466,103 grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to investigate how chemical warfare agents, specifically blister agents like mustard gas, damage the eyes and cause long-term  more PR

WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana, July 14 -- Purdue University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers in various studies looking for participants * Here is a list of research studies that currently are looking for participants. Validation of biomechanics component of SimulScan and aging study Researchers are recruiting healthy adults for a swallowing and brain study directed by Georgia Malandraki, principal investigator and professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. Individuals may be eligible if they: more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, July 13 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * Sanders-Brown director Linda Van Eldik honored with international lifetime achievement award for Alzheimer's research * University of Kentucky researcher and internationally recognized Alzheimer's disease expert Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., has received one of the field's highest honors, the Khalid Iqbal Lifetime Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Disease Research. Van Eldik, director of the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging and a pro more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 14 -- Belmont University posted the following news: * * * Where Do Music Therapists Work? * A look at careers in music therapy in various settings Music therapists work in hospitals, rehabilitation centers, schools, mental health clinics, nursing homes, hospice programs, memory care facilities, substance abuse treatment centers, private practices and community organizations. They can also be found in less traditional settings, including correctional facilities and neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Music t more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 15 -- Rutgers University issued the following news: * * * Combining Research and Wellness Programs to Fight Dementia, Rutgers-Newark Effort is Honored by the City By Carrie Stetler The Aging & Brain Health Alliance at Rutgers University-Newark, which has a long history of research and outreach within Newark, was honored by city officials at a gala marking its 20th anniversary. Founded by neuroscientist Mark Gluck, the alliance has forged an international reputation for research on Alzheimer's disease and dementia a more PR