National Blood Donor Month: Turn your day around by giving blood this January
With the start of a new year, you, your friends, and family can make a big difference by pledging to give blood twice in 2022 to help save lives and in the process — you can turn your day around through this simple, essential, and lifesaving act.
VA to lead new national initiative to improve effectiveness of pre-clinical brain research
The initiative is called the Interagency Resource Coordinating Center for Preclinical TBI Research (IRCC). It will focus on making the most of federal investments in pre-clinical TBI, with scientists working together to identify the preclinical models that best represent TBI in humans and sharing data in more uniform ways.
Researchers carry out the first head-to-head comparison of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines
However, the Moderna vaccine was found to offer an increased level of protection, including a 21% lower risk of documented infection and 41% lower risk of hospitalization, according to the research team, whose findings were published on December 1, 2021, in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Veterans Day extra special for new U.S. citizens
Veterans Day 2021 will be extra special for 12 military members, who will celebrate it as U.S. citizens for the first time following a ceremony Nov. 9 at U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services headquarters in Maryland. The service members were from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, hailing from 10 different countries.
Veterans Day ‘call to action,’ says VA secretary
Veterans Day should be a call to action for all Americans to serve those who have served, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Nov. 9 during a National Press Club event in Washington, D.C.
Organizations offer national-level 2021 Veterans Day virtual events
VA and several national level organizations are hosting 2021 Veterans Day virtual events due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Public can approach Tomb, see Native American Honor Guard
The public will be able to walk on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza and lay flowers in front of the Tomb on Nov. 9 and 10, 2021. The flower ceremony will start at 8 a.m. Nov. 9 with representatives from the Crow Nation placing flowers at the Tomb. They will recite a prayer in honor of Chief Plenty Coups, who served as a scout for the U.S. Army.
Caregivers have been overlooked, those days are over, VA secretary says
Caregivers have been overlooked by VA over the years, but those days are over, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Oct. 29. Speaking at the Elizabeth Dole Foundation’s Sixth Annual National Convening, McDonough said one of VA’s most important jobs is to support caregivers.
Veterans Day 2021 Discounts
Veterans Day 2021 discounts, free meals, and services for Veterans nationwide.
Post-9/11 Veterans can apply to become wildland firefighter
Post 9-11 Veterans looking for a career as a wildland firefighter can apply to the Southeast Conservation Corps Veterans Fire Corps program.
UPDATE: Virtual Wall of Faces almost complete, needs remaining photos
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation’s Wall of Faces is nearly complete but needs help from the public to track down the last 28 photos.
America250: Veterans, active duty, Reserve, Guard can submit photos for November Salute
Veterans, active duty service members, Reservists, and Guard members can submit photos online Sept. 15-Oct. 20 as part of the America250 November Salute. People can submit photos online at america250.org/november-salute.
