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Keep up-to-date with the latest information about current events in the Durham VA Health Care System. From central to eastern North Carolina, Durham VA Staff members are doing innovative work on behalf of Veterans. Catch stories on the latest research, technology, and human interest stories that concern you, the Veteran. Also, read interesting features on some of the incredible stories of Veterans.

  • Honoring a Veteran’s life doesn’t end when medical care does. Where final goodbyes are often the heaviest moments families will ever face, a new touch of dignity now accompanies each end-of-life transition.

    Woman with shaved head places folded American flag on a coffin.

  • When you’re new to an organization, things can seem a bit overwhelming, and it can be hard to find your voice.

    Man in green shirt and black pants using stethoscope on CPR mannequin in hospital room.

  • On Saturday, February 21, 2026, assorted family, friends, and well-wishers gathered at Hillsborough's Lawrence Road Baptist Church to celebrate a local hero’s century of life and achievements.

    A woman stands next to a seated man holding a framed certificate.

  • When disaster strikes, everything stops. Highways and businesses may close, and many people might have an enforced day off, but what happens when, no matter what the situation, a company or facility simply cannot shut its doors?

    Two men in a warehouse discussing, one wearing a yellow safety jacket.

  • Some people are born lucky. Maybe they’re in the right place at the right time. Maybe they have a guardian angel, or perhaps it’s fate that smiles on them. But, as far as Joseph Balogh, a 104-year-old WW2 Veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps, that’s a question for philosophers, not him.

    World War II Veteran Mr. Joseph Balogh poses next to snapshot of a C-46 Commando at his Louisburg, North Carolina home.

  • Continuing its legacy of innovation, the Durham VA Health Care System (DVAHCS) once again stands at the forefront of medical advancement, as its Cardiac Cath Lab performed the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) first VARIPULSE catheter ablation procedure on June 26, 2025.

    The Durham VA Electrophysiology Team poses for a group photo with an example of the VARIPULSE catheter.

  • At 71, Army Veteran Charles “Charlie Ray” Powell proves it’s never too late to embrace new challenges.

    Army Veteran Charles “Charlie Ray” Powell National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic

  • “According to my greatest ability and judgment, I will do no harm or injustice to them.” The Hippocratic Oath.

    (L to R): Martha Alexander, Jason Hinger, and Amy Mathis.

  • Durham VA is the first VA Health Care System to provide oncology treatments in a Veteran’s home.

    Durham VA Oncology Nurse, as part of the Durham VA’s new home infusion therapy program.

  • Jonathan Heinrich, a former U.S. Army combat medic, never imagined that his path would lead him to become the Durham VA's Physician Assistant of the Year.

    Left side of image man in black scrubs posing in a hospital hallway. Right a soldier in fatigues in a field conducting military operations.