News releases

The Boston Postal Customer Council, in cooperation with the VA Boston Healthcare System, will host a Special Stamp Dedication and Presentation of the 2023 Flag Stamp.

VA Boston Healthcare System has been named one of the “Top Places to Work” in Massachusetts for 2023 in the 15th annual employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe.

VA Boston Healthcare System campuses earned national recognitions for 2023 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration for their efforts to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations through the DoNation Campaign.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the appointment of a new deputy executive director for VA Boston Healthcare System Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.

In support of lung health and Veteran wellness, VA Boston Healthcare System is hosting Lung Cancer Screening Day Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, at all main campuses.

Veterans, families, VA staff and members of the public can pick up free Mail-Back Envelopes to dispose of expired prescriptions, including controlled substances, at VA Boston Healthcare System main campuses during VA Take Back Day, Friday, Oct. 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

An interprofessional team at VA Boston Healthcare System successfully initiated treatment with a new medication for a patient with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.

VA Boston Healthcare System will host the annual Veterans Expo, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at the Brockton campus, 940 Belmont St., Brockton, Mass.

Until 11:59 p.m. local time on Sept. 30, 2023, Veterans who deployed to a combat zone, never enrolled in VA health care, and left active duty between Sept. 11, 2001 and Oct. 1, 2013, are eligible to enroll directly in VA health care.

A VA-funded research study published today in JAMA Psychiatry suggests written exposure therapy can be both an efficient and effective option for treating posttraumatic stress disorder, commonly known as PTSD.