COVID-19

Over 10,000 random Veterans received an invite via telephone to participate in a tele-townhall designed to inform South Texas Veterans about influenza, risks, and the precautions.

The Battle Creek VA Mental Health Service sought new ways to provide access to treatment for Veterans with PTSD. Read about their PTSD virtual Intensive Outpatient Program. “VA at its best.”

Dr. John Toney has a unique perspective on how to avoid catching COVID-19. He and his family had the disease. He was in the hospital for a week, his daughter was on a ventilator for almost three weeks.

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.

VA nurse Dorothy Barrow deployed to the Whiteriver Indian Hospital, ready to support the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Arizona during a peak period of COVID-19 cases there in June.

After battling the COVID-19 virus, a 74-year-old Veteran received specialized rehabilitation from a VA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services Kinesiotherapy Team. He went home in early August.

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.

On Aug. 30, Muskogee VA welcomed 40 VA employees from facilities across America. The team is part of VA’s main program for deployment of clinical and non-clinical staff to an emergency or disaster.

Army Veteran Gerry Clemens had a heart attack and needed a heart transplant. A routine test for COVID-19 was positive which meant 6 weeks of quarantine before they could attempt the heart transplant.

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.