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Coronavirus | COVID-19 Updates

  • Nearly 200 National Guardsmen have tested positive for COVID-19 since deploying to DC

    Hundreds of troops are in isolation in Washington after testing positive for COVID-19.

    Meghann Myers
    19 hours ago
  • Dr. Charles Billings, a staff orthopedic surgeon receives the new Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Ayonna Williams at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System Medical Center in New Orleans, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
    VA tops 200,000 coronavirus cases, 8,500 deaths since the start of the pandemic

    Department officials have already reported more deaths in January than any other month of the pandemic.

    Leo Shane III
    1 day ago
  • A Nevada Guard troop conducts a carside coronavirus test at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony in Hungry Valley, Nev., on Nov. 12, 2020. (1st Lt. Emerson Marcus/Air Force)
    Feds will again pick up full cost of National Guard’s ongoing pandemic missions

    The pandemic response missions had only been partially covered in recent months.

    Leo Shane III
    4 days ago
  • Two service members died of COVID-19 complications in recent days. (Sgt. Melanye Martinez/Marine Corps)
    Two more coronavirus deaths bring military toll to 17

    A New York National Guardsman and Reserve sailor bring January's death toll to three.

    Meghann Myers
    4 days ago
  • Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Airman Austin Pine, of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima, gets a COVID vaccination Jan. 11, 2021. (Deirdre Smith/Naval Hospital Jacksonville)
    More than a million military retirees, spouses now eligible for COVID vaccination

    Vaccination eligibility depends on your location and situation; here's how to find out about military and civilian vaccination options.

    Karen Jowers
    January 15
  • A nurse prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to elderly people in Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, Israel, on Dec. 29, 2020. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)
    Tens of thousands of veteran caregivers now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine through VA

    Infirm veterans had been on the priority list for vaccinations, but their caregivers were not due to bureaucratic issues.

    Leo Shane III
    January 14
  • Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David Tuil, assigned to the Preventive Medicine Department at Naval Health Clinic Hawaii, administers a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Gage Finn, Dec. 16, 2020. (Macy Hinds/Navy)
    The Pentagon won’t say how many COVID-19 vaccines it’s given to troops

    DoD has administered about of a third of the vaccines it has on-hand.

    Meghann Myers
    January 12
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    Veterans unemployment shows improvement amid negative reports on U.S. job market

    The unemployment rate among all American veterans was 5.3 percent in December.

    Leo Shane III
    January 8
  • A 15th service member has died from COVID-19. (Paul Sancya/AP)
    A Fort Lee instructor is the 15th service member, 2nd active-duty soldier, to die from COVID-19

    A 38-year-old solider died Jan. 2 of complications.

    Meghann Myers
    January 6
  • Airmen from the 50th Space Wing walk during the Colorado Springs Veteran’s Day Parade on Nov. 5, 2016. (Christopher DeWitt/Air Force)
    Women veterans, students would see expanded services and benefits under new law

    The sweeping veterans policy measure was passed in mid-December but wasn't signed into law until Tuesday.

    Leo Shane III
    January 5
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