Agent Orange Awareness Day, though not an official federal holiday, is observed in the Beehive State and the rest of the ...

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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering depicts the updated design for a memorial honoring Vietnam veterans who died or were affected by exposure to Agent ...

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 ...

Agent Orange isn’t just the name of a deadly chemical used in war times, it’s also the name of the pioneering punk-rock band that rose to fame in the 1980s. Credited as being one of the first bands to ...

A group of veterans in Utah are honoring those who lost their lives to Agent Orange, building a memorial that's the largest in the U.S., while battling the effects of the harsh chemical themselves.

Exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange has been tied to a significantly increased risk for dementia in Vietnam War veterans, new research shows. Investigators at the University of California, San ...

Research conducted at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Washington DC VA Medical Center on a database of veterans exposed to Agent Orange found an association for an ...

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 ...