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To ensure second doses, VA Pittsburgh temporarily suspends booking first dose COVID-19 vaccines

The VA health care system gets its own allocation from the federal government, separate from that which is sent to the state. Doses are distributed to facilities by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

By Kiley Koscinski/WESA

Not a single dose wasted: Lebanon VA touts successful COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Serving 45,000 veterans in south-central Pennsylvania, the facility has been able to give at least a first dose to 13 percent of its members.

By Julia Agos/WITF

How one nursing home is limiting the spread of COVID-19 among veterans

“We had a head start, if you will, in the sense that we had the basic testing equipment in place that we used for other purposes.”
By Susan Phillips/StateImpact Pennsylvania

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VA moves to suspend new GI bill enrollment at 5 universities

The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to bar new GI Bill students from enrolling at five universities, citing “advertising, sales or enrollment practices that are erroneous, deceptive or misleading.”

By The Associated Press

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