An Elgin man whose prostate cancer is the presumed result of Agent Orange exposure says he stays positive by helping other vets.

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 ...

A girl who has health problems because of exposure to Agent Orange practices sewing at a special school In Da Nang, Vietnam, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal) DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — The ...

Veterans Day should be both a time for Americans to honor the sacrifices made on their behalf and to recognize the true cost of war and its effects on service men and women.

Many of the 2.6 million US soldiers who served in the Vietnam War have contracted cancer and a cocktail of serious health problems that they believe to be directly linked to their exposure to the ...

According to the federal government, an estimated 300,000 Vietnam veterans have died from the dangers of Agent Orange. The defoliant was heavily used during the conflict. Now, there is a new ...

At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military's Agent Orange defoliant. At a ...

Vietnamese people are celebrating the unification of their country after the Vietnam war that left people and land alike deeply scarred - and divided. Some veterans and activists from the United ...

Vietnam is still plagued by the toxic legacy of chemical warfare. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam—It was Vietnam’s 50th anniversary on April 30—marked by millions celebrating the end of the US war, and a ...

This week marks the 50 th anniversary of the end of the U.S. War on Vietnam, and the United States government continues to bear responsibility for cleaning up the ravages of war imposed on the ...

"I am a hostage and a prisoner, imprisoned by my handicap," one survivor said. Angelica Caye Kuhn was on the road to becoming a nurse. The mother of two was working as a patient care technician nearly ...

DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — 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 ...