Bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) to expand federal death and disability ...

A 40-year-old woman recently learned she does not qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, despite having a long work history before taking time off to raise her children. The reason ...

Bipartisan legislation expanding benefits to first responders suffering from fire response-related cancers nationwide was ...

The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act was introduced by Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar in January, but has received substantial bipartisan support.

A new federal law named for St. Paul fire Capt. Mike Paidar recognizes job-related cancer in firefighters, expanding death and disability benefits for their families.

In an unannounced policy change, the Department of Veterans Affairs is making it harder for male veterans with breast cancer to get care and disability benefits. Critics are calling it a misguided ...

When a person becomes eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance, it's often seen as a financial lifeline. But in some cases, the benefits can create unexpected challenges — especially when ...

As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla, signed onto legislation with a simple aim: Provide federal ...

TAMPA, Fla. — In his early 20s, the hospital bed at Moffitt Cancer Center was the last place Taylor Spike ever thought he would be. “It's not like it was just, you know, some little disease. I was ...

The Biden administration expanded benefits for veterans with cancer believed to be linked to burn pits where tens of thousands of service members were exposed to toxic waste. The new step, announced ...

If you have a physically demanding career, obtaining disability insurance could be a smart move to protect your income if you ...

The risks of mobility and self-care disability were highest for patients with brain, bone, and pancreatic cancer. US cancer survivors are more likely than the general population to have a mobility or ...