VA, along with other federal agencies, submitted a COVID-19 vaccine plan to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prepare for distribution of one or more COVID-19 vaccine(s).
What should Veterans do if they need to reschedule a VA health appointment that was cancelled due to COVID-19? Contact your VA health care provider directly. Here’s information and links you need.
The research team included investigators from the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, and several other research institutions, including Yale University.
If you are a Veteran and pregnant, you can continue to get the pregnancy care you need — even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some things about pregnancy and COVID-19 to keep in mind.
Volunteers are returning to national cemeteries under certain circumstances, following strict COVID-19 guidance. More than 40 volunteers displayed the new policies during an event Sept. 19 at Culpeper National Cemetery in Virginia. A group from a local Latter-day Saints church cleaned headstones while wearing masks and practicing social distancing.
After VA nurse and Army Veteran Maxine Lindsay-Shillingford was diagnosed with COVID-19, her VA telehealth nurse Joanna Sainvil helped save her as she recovered at home.
Some 700 Veterans who are hospitalized at VA medical centers are being enrolled in the trial, with half getting convalescent plasma and the other half in a control group.
Last flu season, more than 27,000 Veterans came to VA hospitals with the flu. In addition, over 4,600 Veterans were hospitalized and 600 were in intensive care due to the flu.
In a time of painful grief, a Veteran’s family paused to thank VA staff for taking care of their Veteran husband and father on his last night. “It brought so much comfort to our family.”
Dr. Erdal Gursoy conducted the only two Micra A/V leadless pacemaker placements in Veterans Affairs history at Northport VA Medical Center at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
VA is taking action to ensure that all Veterans, including older Veterans, are protected from COVID-19 and receive high-quality testing and care, no matter who they are or where they get their care.
Dr. Richard Stone: Veterans will always be seen as leaders because of their service to the nation. During COVID-19, they continue to lead in their communities by modeling proper masking and hand hygiene behavior.