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The VA Northern California Health Care System is now offering Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine boosters under Emergency Use Authorization as supply and capacity permits.
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is urging government to provide more support for general practice to enhance the health
The challenges of vaccinating veterans in rural areas — which the VA considers anything outside an urban population center — and “highly rural” areas — defined as having fewer than 10% of the workforce commuting to an urban hub and with a population no greater than 2,500 — extend beyond geography.
To vaccinate veterans, health care workers must cross mountains, plains and tundra By Patricia Kime Kaiser Health News A Learjet 31 took off before daybreak from Helena Regional Airport in Montana, carrying six Veterans Affairs medical providers and 250 doses of historic cargo cradled in a plug-in cooler designed to minimize breakage. Even in a state where 80-mph speed limits are normal, ground transportation across long distances is risky for the Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine, which must be used within 12 hours of thawing. The group’s destination was Havre, 30 miles from the Canadian b...
Veterans on automatic VA list for vaccine Staff reports The Chronicle-Express Veterans currently receiving services from the Bath, Canandaigua, and Rochester VA have been automatically placed on a list to receive the COVID-19 vaccine The Bath and Canandaigua VA Medical Centers are rolling out the COVID-19 Moderna vaccine to veteran patients in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and VA guidance. Patients currently receiving services from the Bath, Canandaigua, and Rochester VA have been automatically placed, through a database pull, on a list to schedule them for an...