A local Vietnam veteran, disabled from his exposure to Agent Orange, is reaching out to the veterans community to connect ...

As a wild-eyed young man who enjoyed fast cars and causing a stir in the Mid-Missouri community of Belle where he came of age in the late 1950s, Arlan Roesner always sought adventure. It is of little ...

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 ...

Until a couple years ago my health seemed pretty good for an old guy in his 70s. Then it fell apart. Now I’m disabled due to parkinsonism and other illnesses stemming from the war in Vietnam, which ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Tenn. (WJHL)- More than 58,000 American soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but the number of those dying from its impacts continues to rise because of Agent Orange. “It was a very strong ...

Agent Orange was a powerful herbicide used during the Vietnam War to kill jungle growth. Its main ingredient is dioxin, which, once it is in a person's system after exposure, can cause many deadly ...

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 ...

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. On the ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...

A rendering depicts the updated design for a memorial honoring Vietnam veterans who died or were affected by exposure to Agent Orange. (Courtesy of the Utah Agent Orange Veterans Foundation) The Utah ...

The long-term impact of exposure on the brain has been a mystery. A new study at Brown University reveals a link between the herbicide and certain aging-associated diseases. The Boston Globe’s weekly ...