Hacker News with Generative AI: Veterans

Trump’s Push to Defund Harvard Prompts Clash Over Veteran Suicide Research (nytimes.com)
The Trump administration’s move to cancel an array of federal contracts at Harvard University has set off an internal clash over the impact on medical research intended to help veterans, including projects involving suicide prevention, toxic particle exposure and prostate cancer screening, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.

Politics, Research, Veterans, Health, Lawsuits

13 points by standardUser 7 days ago | 1 comments

My fight to unlock cannabis and psychedelic drugs for use in medical research (nature.com)
From the earliest days of her career, physician Sue Sisley has been passionate about caring for US military veterans.

Medical Research, Cannabis, Psychedelic Drugs, Veterans

10 points by bookofjoe 24 days ago | 0 comments

DOGE's AI Push at the Department of Veterans Affairs (wired.com)
Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been clear about its plans to fire tens of thousands of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs. New WIRED reporting sheds light on the specific DOGE operatives at the VA and the ways they’re trying to infiltrate and drastically change the agency.

AI, Government, Veterans, Politics, Elon Musk

6 points by panic 49 days ago | 0 comments

Vets Who Code (vetswhocode.io)
VetsWhoCode is a veteran-led 501(c)(3) committed to empowering veterans and military spouses through a high-quality, AI-powered software engineering training program.

Veterans, Non-Profits, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence

63 points by mooreds 53 days ago | 52 comments

Jed Wagner on Being the Sole Maintainer of the Veterans Appeals System (logicmag.io)
The Veterans Appeals Control and Locator System, or VACOLS, starts and ends with Jed Wagner. In the late 1980s, Wagner was hired as a part-time contractor by the Department of Veterans Affairs. He started single-handedly building the system that he was ultimately hired to work on full-time. Now, thirty years later, VACOLS is processing its last appeals, and when the system is sunsetted, he will retire.

Veterans, Software, Government, Technology, History

9 points by sien 71 days ago | 2 comments

DOGE helps Veterans Affairs end IT contract run by service-disabled entrepreneur (theregister.com)
Elon Musk's newly minted US Department of Government Efficiency claims to have helped the Department of Veterans Affairs end a technology contract run by service-disabled veterans.

Government, Technology, Veterans, Elon Musk

8 points by rntn 72 days ago | 1 comments

Reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts (theconversation.com)
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut 83,000 jobs, slashing employment by over 17% at the federal agency that provides health care for millions of veterans, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press on March 5, 2025.

Veterans, Federal Government, Healthcare, Employment, Budget Cuts

25 points by rntn 75 days ago | 13 comments

Impact of 8 lifestyle factors on mortality and life expectancy among US veterans (sciencedirect.com)
This study aimed to estimate mortality risk and longevity associated with individual lifestyle factors and comprehensive lifestyle therapy.

Health, Mortality, Lifestyles, Veterans, Research

7 points by helloworld 77 days ago | 0 comments

Mass federal layoffs hit veterans particularly hard (rollingstone.com)
In a late-night purge, seven federal agencies carried out mass layoffs — 1,000 at the VA alone, the nation’s largest employer of military veterans

Government, Layoffs, Veterans, Federal Agencies, Military

17 points by contemporary343 96 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: New search engine and free-FOIA-by-fax-via-web for US veteran records (birls.org)

Show HN, Search Engines, FOIA, Veterans, Government Records

118 points by Asparagirl 130 days ago | 72 comments

One-Mile-in-Five (wordpress.com)
Earlier this summer I was talking with a fellow veteran and the subject of “one-mile-in-five” on the Interstate highways came up.

Transportation, Highways, Veterans

56 points by agronaut 157 days ago | 7 comments

The $43M Veterans Affairs simulation hospital where doctors pilot new tech (cnbc.com)

Healthcare, Technology, Veterans, Simulation, Funding

12 points by rntn 314 days ago | 5 comments