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A Korean War Marine veteran died in 2022 at the West Haven (Conn.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center after a demolition contractor severed the main oxygen line and there were problems with a portable oxygen tank, according to a VA inspector general’s report.

UVA Health researchers are pioneering a new way to treat chronic pain that does not respond to medication. Their innovative approach will receive more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health.

mreichert@tribtoday.com Submitted photo Patrick Finan of Cortland, one of the Tribune Chronicle’s McKinley columnists, always writes the first draft of his column on a yellow legal pad. CORTLAND — Patrick Finan likes to travel to what he says are “quirky places.” The Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota? Check. Frankenmuth, Michigan, home of the world’s largest Christmas store? Check that one several times. Sturgis, South Dakota, during the annual motorcycle rally? Yep, but not specif...