News releases

Today VA announced that Veterans and survivors who apply (or submit their intent to file) for PACT Act benefits by 11:59PM ET on Monday, August 14, 2023 will be eligible to have their benefits backdated to August 10, 2022 – the day that President Biden signed the PACT Act into law.

A VA Boston Healthcare System psychologist and researcher was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division of Trauma Psychology Aug. 4, 2023, during American Psychological Association meetings in Washington, D.C.

VA Boston Healthcare System will co-host the fourth annual Veterans Music Festival, Benefits and Career Expo, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Pageant Field, 1 Merrymount Parkway, Quincy, Mass, with the City of Quincy and Veterans Voice Network.

A psychologist at the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System, and professor of psychiatry at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has been selected to receive the 2023 American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology.

WHAT: The Honorable Denis McDonough, 11th VA Secretary, will lead the 2023 Research Week Kickoff in a ceremony recognizing six investigators for their significant contributions to discovering medical breakthroughs and supporting healthy outcomes for America’s Veterans.

Combining genetic and clinical factors may better identify those at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to researchers at VA Boston Healthcare System in a study published online May 3, 2023, in JAMA Cardiology.

Frailty is prevalent among Veterans undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery and is associated with worse outcomes, according to a study by researchers at the VA Northeast Ohio and VA Boston healthcare systems published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society April 21, 2023.

Typically, people have a bias toward thinking they have above average intelligence, athleticism, friendliness — and yes, driving ability — but researchers at VA Boston have shown that depressive symptoms may reduce or eliminate this bias in a study published in Depression and Anxiety April 18, 2023.

VA Boston Healthcare System will host the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Advisory Committee on Former Prisoners of War, April 26 through 27, 2023.

Nearly 50 percent of COVID-positive healthcare workers continued working at least part of one day with symptoms, and about half of these returned to work at least an additional day, according to research at VA Boston Healthcare System published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.