News releases

A VA Boston Healthcare System researcher and physician was named as recipient of the 2022 Radiological Society of North America Alexander R. Margulis Award for Scientific Excellence on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

In a case series of 13 fully vaccinated, boosted patients, rebound occurred a median of nine days following initial diagnosis of COVID-19 due to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, according to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine today.

Clinicians at the VA Boston Healthcare System found that using amyloid positron emission tomography scans – known as PET scans – among older Veterans with memory loss can accurately diagnose or rule out Alzheimer’s disease, according to two recent studies published today.

VA Boston researchers joined the Cpl. Michael Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia Tuesday in announcing findings of a $12 million VA study that examined potential benefits in pharmacogenomic testing in patients suffering from major depressive disorder prior to prescribing antidepressants.

Individuals with PTSD and significant impairments in executive functioning had more chronic PTSD over time and showed more disrupted connectivity in areas of the brain important for regulating thoughts and emotions, according to a study published June 27 in Translational Psychiatry.

The Massachusetts Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, or ACHE, named the VA Boston Healthcare System’s strategic planner as its 2022 Regent’s Award for Early Career Healthcare Executive winner June 9.

Both Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines have a low risk of adverse events over a 38-week period, according to a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine by researchers from VA Boston HCS, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School.

Hospital transmission of COVID-19 may result from aerosol-borne virus, according to research published today by VA Boston Healthcare System researchers in JAMA Network Open.

Provider attitudes regarding telehealth quality were associated with utilization rates, according to results published today in JAMA Network Open by researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, and Boston University.

Today, the VA Boston Healthcare System is implementing COVID-19 Health Protection Levels as part VA’s consistent, nationwide approach for Veterans Health Administration facilities to adjust COVID-19 safety protocols locally as needed.