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VA Milwaukee health care top stories.

  • A public health campaign aimed at preventing Veteran suicides will launch in early 2025, with messages encouraging struggling Veterans to seek help and to safely store their firearms.

    Man at podium with screen behind him that says "Public Education Program for Veteran Suicide Prevention."

  • MILWAUKEE – The Zablocki VA Health Care System’s lung cancer screening program is working diligently to detect and treat lung cancer as early as possible in an effort to save lives.

    Veterans at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center learn about lung cancer screening during a resource fair in the medical center's south entrance.

  • U.S. Army Veteran Harold Bashir’s journey to healing began like many new adventures – with one foot in front of the other.

    Howard Bashir holding a framed work of art containing several of his Zentangle art tiles.

  • At the Milwaukee VA Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder Center, Veterans are building more than robots — they’re building confidence, honing skills and connecting with their community through an Introduction to Robotics course.

    Classroom environment, instructor assisting three people with a lego robot project.

  • A Milwaukee VA microbiologist is receiving national recognition after discovering an unusual trend on several patient cultures.

    A microbiologist stands poses for a photo in front of a white board

  • Sept. 16-20 is Healthcare Simulation Week, and the importance of collaboration, innovation and training were all on display during a recent simulation exercise at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center.

    Medical resident looking at a mannequin.

  • We all remember where we were on Sept. 11, 2001. But beyond that, we should not forget the sacrifices that were made, and the lives lost, on and after that fateful day.

    Woman lighting seven candles

  • Dan Buttery is all about the mission. From leading his company in Iraq to leading the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, Buttery has spent most of his life fighting alongside and for Veterans. But now, he’s fighting a new foe — cancer. And the PACT Act has given him a head start on this mission.

    Dan Buttery with Iraqi children in 2003-04, and a current portrait of him.

  • For the first time, the Zablocki VA’s Northeast Wisconsin Ambulatory Clinics have their own chaplain.

    Portrait of Don Blomberg

  • A new vending machine in the Milwaukee VA cafeteria won’t give you chips, soda or candy. Instead it dispenses valuable items that could save someone’s life.

    Montage of photos showing supplies in the harm reduction vending machine