News releases
News Releases for VA Augusta health care.
Veterans in the CSRA will soon have greater access to mammography screenings to prevent, detect, and treat breast cancer. VA Augusta Health Care System anticipates the arrival of a state-of-the-art Hologic Selenia Dimension 3D Mammography System in mid-October.
Ebony Dillard, a physical therapy assistant at VA Augusta Health Care System, has invented a device that can help prevent falls among Veterans who experience limited strength in their lower extremities.
New 3-digit Veterans Crisis Line (dial 988 and press 1) offers Veterans a short, easy-to-remember way to get 24/7 support About 7 out of 10 Veteran deaths by suicide result from firearm injuries
The Veterans Health Administration recently announced that VA Augusta Health Care System’s Community Living Center (CLC) earned a 5-star rating for both quality and staffing, the highest possible scores in those categories for a VA long-term residential facility.
In response to the ongoing opioid crisis in America, VA Augusta Healthcare System pharmacists are launching an education campaign about the risk of opioid overdose and the use of naloxone to prevent overdose fatalities.
Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center will host a job fair Saturday, July 16, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., at its Uptown Campus on 1 Freedom Way in Augusta, Georgia. Augusta VA personnel will make same-day job offers for some positions.
Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and one of its Spinal Cord Injury Veteran patients will receive the donation of iBOT power wheelchairs from Mobius Mobility, LLC, during a ceremony 11 a.m., Monday, June 14, at its Downtown campus at 950 15th Street.
June is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month.
Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center will host a drive-thru resource fair for Veteran families and caregivers 9-11 a.m., Thursday, June 3, at its Uptown Division location at 1 Freedom Way in Augusta.
The Aiken VA Outpatient Clinic will host a COVID-19 vaccination event 8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 26, at 951 Millbrook Ave., Aiken, S.C. 29803. The one-day clinic will offer the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccine, which only requires one shot for full vaccination