Resilient team cares for Veterans during COVID-19 pandemic
A resilient team of workers from across the VA Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19) made a difference in Veterans’ battles against COVID-19
You Asked, We Answered: What should I know about additional COVID-19 vaccine doses?
What should I know about additional COVID-19 vaccine doses? You asked, we answered this and other COVID-related questions.
How to get your COVID-19 vaccine records online
Find out how to get a copy of your VA COVID-19 vaccine records online.
COVID-19 testing: VA studying 3D-printed nasal swabs to guard against future declines in traditional swabs
VA researchers are studying the safety and effectiveness of 3D-printed nasal swabs, in case of another urgent nationwide need to test patients for COVID-19 or other infectious diseases.
Rocky Mountain Network leaders describe a year of COVID-19 decisions
VA’s Rocky Mountain Network leaders share what they learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and describe the way forward.
Nearly every death from COVID-19 is preventable: SecVA
Nearly every COVID-19 death in the Veteran community and U.S. as a whole is entirely preventable through getting a vaccine, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said July 31 at the DAV National Convention in Tampa.
Questions about COVID-19 vaccine, “You Asked, We Answered”
We’ve received questions from Veterans, family members and caregivers about COVID-19 vaccines. Here's a compilation of our answers.
Life after COVID-19: Veteran “thankful to be alive”
Robert Shaw, Marine Corps and Vietnam Veteran, thought he had a sinus infection. It was COVID-19. “His temperature was 102°. We immediately drove to the Montgomery VA Emergency Room.”
New VA tool uses artificial intelligence to predict COVID-19 patient mortality
Now, in what Strebel calls the “most significant” work in his seven-year VA career, he’s developed a tool that uses artificial intelligence to calculate the risk of a COVID-19 patient dying within 120 days of diagnosis. The hope is that clinicians can use those predictions to improve the treatment of their patients.
You Asked, We Answered: What do I need to know about the Delta variant of COVID-19?
What do I need to know about the Delta variant of COVID-19? You asked, we're answering.
COVID-19 Vaccine: What does an EUA mean for vaccine safety?
I’ve heard that COVID-19 vaccines have been authorized under EUA. What is an EUA, exactly? Learn answers to this and other questions in the latest You Asked, We Answered blog.
VA Puget Sound brings COVID-19 vaccines to Veterans experiencing homelessness or housing instability
In late 2020, Seattle’s VA Puget Sound Health Care System contacted community partners, such as homeless shelters, transitional housing programs and permanent housing programs to help get the COVID-19 vaccine directly to Veterans in need, such as those experiencing homelessness or those experiencing housing instability.
