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  • How to stay safe and healthy during extreme heat

    How to stay safe and healthy during extreme heat

    Here are some steps you can take to prevent health problems and stay safe during extreme heat.

  • Take the Five Days to be Healthier Together challenge

    Take the Five Days to be Healthier Together challenge

    Take the Five Days to be Healthier Together challenge to be stronger and healthier.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Public Health Service Veteran Thomas Bender

    #VeteranOfTheDay Public Health Service Veteran Thomas Bender

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Veteran Thomas Bender, who served during the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Melissa Gregg

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Melissa Gregg

    Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Melissa Gregg, who served as a military personnel administrator and public health programs manager.

  • USPHS-VA partnership provides Veteran COVID care, new career opportunities

    USPHS-VA partnership provides Veteran COVID care, new career opportunities

    U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers at the Charlie Norwood VAMC are among those who serve Veterans across the country.

  • VA partners with The Independence Fund to reach at-risk Veterans

    VA partners with The Independence Fund to reach at-risk Veterans

    To help prevent Veteran suicide, we are partnering with The Independence Fund to reunite Veterans with their units, using the strength of their common bonds to help overcome post-military challenges.

  • VA’s Public Health approach to suicide prevention focuses on high-risk individuals, emphasizes community-based engagement

    VA’s Public Health approach to suicide prevention focuses on high-risk individuals, emphasizes community-based engagement

    VA’s Suicide Prevention Program recently released a video, VA’s Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention, explaining how the organization is leveraging a public health approach to prevent Veteran suicide.

  • Join the Great American Spit Out to kick chewing tobacco

    Join the Great American Spit Out to kick chewing tobacco

    There are very serious health risks associated with chewing tobacco such as cancer of the mouth, cancer of the esophagus, risk of heart disease, tooth decay and receding gums.

  • 5 Days to Health

    5 Days to Health

    April 6-12 is National Public Health Week. Take VA’s Five [...]

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Last updated July 11, 2025

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