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Latest "coronavirus vaccines" stories
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Tens of thousands of US vets living overseas left to find COVID vaccine doses on their own
VA officials will reimburse veterans for vaccine costs through the department's Foreign Medical Program, but not help them find vaccine appointments.
Coronavirus rates at VA medical centers fall to five-month low
Active cases of the virus among patients are down almost 80 percent in the last two months.
VA ends 2020 with more than 6,500 coronavirus deaths and 150,000 infections
The total veteran deaths equate to roughly 22 a day since the start of the pandemic, making coronavirus more deadly than the roughly 17 veterans a day lost to suicide.
Storied Army institute developing COVID-19 diagnostic test, vaccine
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command personnel have been working on research efforts to control, contain and prevent the virus, to include developing a new diagnostic test.
By Patricia Kime