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Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient Alford Washington, Sr., receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Alanna Williams at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System's gymnasium in New Orleans, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Washington was part of the Pathfinder Unit in Vietnam where he survived a plane crash that killed 7 people in Oct. 28, 1967. He said he had no concerns receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. (Sophia Germer/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

Senators seek bigger role, more doses for VA in vaccine distribution efforts

The Veterans Health Administration also said it will not require the COVID-19 vaccine as a requirement of employment at the department. VHA has vaccinated…

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Supply remains VA’s biggest hurdle in vaccinating broader veteran population

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(Photo courtesy of the Department of Veterans Affairs)

Staff at VHA take stock as the agency celebrates 75 year of history

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State Department, VA detail initial COVID-19 vaccination plans for employees

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A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, as the U.K. health authorities rolled out a national mass vaccination program. U.K. regulators said Wednesday Dec. 9, 2020, that people who have a “significant history’’ of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

VA warns of ‘long process’ to distribute COVID-19 vaccine to employees and veterans

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VA says it’s now closer to offer more coronavirus testing to its employees

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VA doesn’t have the personal protective equipment it needs to handle second pandemic wave

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VA preparing for potential coronavirus ‘rebound’ in the fall

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VA acknowledges it’s ‘not there yet’ with coronavirus testing for employees

Veterans Affairs

Clarence Shields, center, an Army veteran, pickets with a small group of activists from the American Federation of Government Employees local 424 and the National Association of Government Employees local R3-19 outside the Baltimore VA Medical Center, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Baltimore. The Department of Veterans Affairs is struggling with shortages of workers at its health care facilities as it cares for veterans infected with the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

VA juggles rising number of staff illnesses, multiple missions during coronavirus

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More than 1,600 employees at VA medical facilities have coronavirus

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A medical worker wearing a single protective glove and a face mask walks past a line of workers and visitors waiting to be tested for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the main entrance to the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Monday, March 23, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Federal employees on frontlines of coronavirus response could get premium pay bumps

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management says agencies can lift the usual limits on premium pay and set higher annual premium pay…

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VA sets new July goal for initial electronic health record rollout

Development challenges were behind the decision to delay the rollout of an initial set of electronic health record capabilities at the first site, the…

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VA may have to halt rollout of new benefits if CRs continue

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The VA will begin to run low on funds after the holidays.