by Christian Southards | Sep 27, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Friday that veterans meeting certain criteria are now eligible for a COVID-19 booster from their local VA health care system, including in California. Currently, booster shots are only available for veterans, spouses,...
by Christian Southards | May 26, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to adolescent beneficiaries of the Civilian Health and Medical Program, or CHAMPVA), the agency announced Tuesday. The change fulfills the VA’s obligation under the SAVE LIVES Act and will...
by Christian Southards | Feb 5, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced in a Feb. 2 press release that over 1M total doses of either the Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had been administered to date. The VA says that for veterans, 44,000 had received a full vaccine while...
by Christian Southards | Jan 18, 2021
Some 81 percent of veterans living at the West Los Angeles CalVet home were given a COVID-19 vaccination last week, according to an internal California Department of Veterans Affairs email circulated Wednesday. The facility administered the vaccine between Jan. 9 and...
by Christian Southards | Jan 4, 2021
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that it had issued at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to over 50,000 health care workers and 5,000 long-term care patients since Dec. 14 at 165 sites, including eight in California. However, the VA has yet to...
