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VA Milwaukee health care top stories.

  • Like many female Veterans, Sharon Bayless initially felt she didn’t deserve VA health care.

    Sharon Bayless takes a break from playing cribbage with a Veteran in the Milwaukee VA’s Community Living Center.

  • The voluminous paperwork that comes with prescription medications issued by the Milwaukee VA Medical Center is going away. The move is expected to save time, money and better protect Veterans’ privacy.

    Man holding prescription bottle, scanning QR code. Close-up of bottle.

  • A new national initiative to address homelessness among Veterans is building on work already taking place at the Milwaukee VA.

    Group of people standing with a map of Milwaukee County

  • There’s a lot of truth to the old saying, “Slow and steady wins the race,” especially when it comes to weight loss. Just ask John Adamski.

    Photo showing fruits, vegetables and a person filling out a diet plan.

  • An effort to create an in-house dental digital manufacturing network at the Milwaukee VA — more than a decade in the making — has reached fruition, putting Milwaukee at the vanguard of VAs across the country.

    Man looking at computer screen that shows a crown for a set of teeth.

  • To the younger generations, “The Walking Dead” refers to a popular television series about zombies. But to U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Malcolm Hunt, it means something entirely different — but equally chilling.

    Two students listen to a Veteran describe his combat experience.

  • A day at the lake can be relaxing and refreshing. And for Veterans at the Milwaukee VA’s Domiciliary, it can be therapeutic as well.

    People at picnic tables and milling about park.

  • Gene Wagner learned to skate on a frozen creek next to his childhood home in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, when he was 3 or 4 years old.

    WWII Veteran Gene Wagner and fellow teammate Deb Donovan

  • A small elementary school in Cudahy, Wisconsin, made a huge impact for Milwaukee VA Veterans through a donation drive.

    Thank you J.E. Jones Elementary for your generous donation to Milwaukee VA

  • About a month after being admitted into the Milwaukee VA Medical Center, a colorful banner with the word ‘celebrate’ hung on the frame outside of Marine Corps Veteran Robert Strong’s intensive care unit room.

    Marine Corps Veteran Robert Strong and newlywed wife Cynthia Tomasello pose in ICU hospital bed