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  • Vaccine progress for Veterans, VA staff

    Vaccine progress for Veterans, VA staff

    VA is utilizing numerous approaches to get vaccines to as many Veterans as possible on permitted schedules. Here are just a few of the many scenarios at VA medical centers across the country.

  • How Veterans, designated caregivers can get COVID-19 vaccine from VA

    How Veterans, designated caregivers can get COVID-19 vaccine from VA

    Veterans enrolled in and eligible for VA health care can receive personalized COVID-19 vaccine information from VA in different ways.

  • Veterans, military, families get answers to COVID-19 vaccine questions

    Veterans, military, families get answers to COVID-19 vaccine questions

    Veterans and military members received answers to COVID-19 vaccine questions from senior medical and military leaders during a virtual session Feb. 4

  • Medal of Honor recipient: get your COVID-19 vaccine

    Medal of Honor recipient: get your COVID-19 vaccine

    Hershel "Woody" Williams survived Iwo Jima, destroying six enemy pillboxes. When offered the COVID-19 vaccine, the Medal of Honor recipient didn't hesitate.

  • New rollout tool notifies high-risk Vets when to expect their vaccine

    New rollout tool notifies high-risk Vets when to expect their vaccine

    Veterans are wondering when they can receive the COVID-19 vaccine. VA facilities will notify Veterans in high-risk groups about their eligibility and when they can expect to get their vaccine.

  • Columbia VA supports regional medical center with vaccine freezer

    Columbia VA supports regional medical center with vaccine freezer

    When a regional medical center reached out to the Columbia VA with an urgent need for an ultra-low freezer to store COVID-19 vaccines, VA answered the call to support the request - VA’s Fourth Mission.

  • VA nurse, “Tuskegee daughter,” urges Veterans to learn about vaccines

    VA nurse, “Tuskegee daughter,” urges Veterans to learn about vaccines

    VA nurse Cheryl Owens, daughter of Tuskegee, has thought a lot about the weight of history and the skepticism and distrust for the health care industry that lingers in the African American community.

  • VA Chief Medical Officer promotes COVID-19 vaccine

    VA Chief Medical Officer promotes COVID-19 vaccine

    VA’s African American Chief Medical Office addresses communities of color on the unequal effect of the virus on our family and neighborhoods. “I ask you to trust those of us who are here serving you.”

  • VA participates in trials for COVID-19 vaccines

    VA participates in trials for COVID-19 vaccines

    Surveys have shown that many Americans are skeptical about the COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics that are being tested in clinical trials. Here is VA’s perspective on the integrity of the trials.

  • Veterans — avoid COVID-19 vaccine scams

    Veterans — avoid COVID-19 vaccine scams

    The COVID-19 vaccines are finally here, and so are the scammers. Here’s how to protect yourself and your family from con artists trying to steal your personal information or your money.

  • Initial limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine available for health care personnel

    Initial limited supply of COVID-19 vaccine available for health care personnel

    Initial COVID-19 vaccine supplies are limited and first being offered to health care personnel. As the supply increases, care teams will contact Veterans receiving care at VA about their options.

  • VA announces initial plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

    VA announces initial plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

    VA today announced a preliminary plan for distributing the COVID-19 vaccinations it will implement once the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues an emergency use authorization for a vaccine.

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Last updated February 8, 2021

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