Patricia Kime is a journalist at Military.com, focusing on military personnel and veterans issues, including health care, military families, justice, and benefits. With decades of experience covering combat-related illnesses and injuries, she brings a deep understanding of the challenges faced by service members and their families. Kime's work has been featured in prominent publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and USA Today, and she has received multiple awards for her excellence in health care journalism.
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Patricia Kime's coverage predominantly focuses on government and politics, with a significant emphasis on military-related issues, veterans' affairs, healthcare, and scientific topics such as PFAS contamination. Her articles often cite data or cover government announcements.
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By: Patricia Kime
Veterans who were assigned to a remote installation in Uzbekistan early in the Global War on Terrorism and now have cancer in their urinary or reproductive systems may soon be eligible for fast-tracked benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
By: Patricia Kime
A group of physicians who advocate for humane treatment of animals has sued the Defense Department for documents on medical training exercises that involve killing animals.
By: Patricia Kime
With new travel warnings for Africa, the services and Defense Health Agency are working to make the mpox vaccine available to troops and beneficiaries who want it.
By: Patricia Kime, Karen Roberts Said
Tech. Sgt. Thesia Westmoreland, non-commissioned officer in charge of pharmacy operations with the 72nd Medical Support Squadron, pulls medications to fill prescriptions at the 72nd Medical Group Pharmacy. (Kelly White/U.S. Air Force)
By: Alfred Lopez, Patricia Kime
Two veterans have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Army for refusing to classify illnesses linked to burn pit exposure as combat-related, a designation that would make their medical retirement pay tax-free.
By: Patricia Kime
If the past is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs is anyone's game.
By: Julio Cortez, Patricia Kime
The state of Maryland marked Veterans Day by commissioning one of its own, Harriet Tubman, as a brigadier general in the Maryland National Guard in recognition for her service to the Union during the Civil War as an operational leader and spy.
By: Patricia Kime
The Department of Veterans Affairs has started the process to designate multiple myeloma and acute and chronic leukemias as linked to military service in the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and elsewhere, a change that will give affected veterans quicker access to disability compensation.
By: Rebecca Kheel, Konstantin Toropin, Thomas Novelly, Drew F. Lawrence, Steve Beynon, Patricia Kime
Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard hugs Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump as Tucker Carlson yells during a campaign rally Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
By: Patricia Kime
Suicides increased among U.S. military personnel last year, an ongoing trend Pentagon officials say they plan to address with a $125 million investment in prevention and mental health programs next year.
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