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VHA History Home About VHA VHA is the largest integrated health care system in the United States providing care to over 9 million Veterans.   A Legacy of Service. The Future of Care In 1946, just months after taking over as Administrator of the Veterans Administration, General Omar Bradley, along with VA’s first medical director, Major General Paul Hawley, M.D. laid the groundwork for today’s Veterans Health Administration by creating the Department of Medicine and Surgery (DM&S). Bradley and Hawley expanded access to care for Veterans during the post-World War II era and instituted a ra...

What? When? Where? Alabama’s vaccine response (Source: WAVE 3 News) By WBRC Staff | January 14, 2021 at 1:17 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 1:17 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabama’s demand for the COVID-19 vaccine, for healthcare heroes, and people 75 and older, is much higher than the amount of vaccine available. This is a snapshot of where the state is now in offering the vaccine and how you can get on the waiting list to receive the vaccine. Right now Alabama is in Phase 1a of the vaccine distribution. Phase 1a is primarily for frontline health workers (inpatient and out...