Evidence suggests that exposure to Agent Orange is linked with a number of serious and potentially fatal diseases. The marriage of two herbicides chemically known as 2, 4, 5-T and 2, 4-D yielded the ...

BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO (WTRF) – The Wall That Heals continues its stay in Belmont County tonight, honoring the lives lost in the Vietnam War. As the sun went down this evening, the crowds gathered at ...

Only three diseases qualify for children of Agent Orange victims to be recognized as patients with aftereffects, and no ...

The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical legacy.

This post originally appeared on ProPublica as “Agent Orange Act Was Supposed to Help Vietnam Veterans—But Many Still Don’t Qualify” and is re-published here under a Creative Commons license.

Exposure to Agent Orange is associated with a small but significantly increased risk of bladder cancer among male Vietnam veterans, according to a study published online June 27 in JAMA Network Open.

Pegi Scarlett was a bit nervous in the moments leading up to her speech last November at a meeting of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, D.C. “It was kind of ...

Nguyen Van Chuoi, 26, suffers from severe mental and physical disabilities due to the effects of dioxin, a compound found in Agent Orange.Getty Images Handicapped orphans are fed by medical staff at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than four decades have passed since the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ended and the last American troops left the ...