News Releases

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough toured Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital on March 30, 2022.

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital's Kidney Transplant Program completed its 50th transplant on March 14, 2022. The program is also expanding its services to include living kidney donor transplants. 

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital is proud to announce the opening of Phase Three of the Freedom's Path development, providing low-income and housing-insecure Veterans access to 28 additional affordable apartments on the Hines VA medical campus.

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital participated in the annual Point-in-Time Count in suburban Cook, DuPage, Kane, and Will counties in January 2021 to estimate the number of homeless Americans, including Veterans, without safe, stable housing.

r. Abhishek Solanki, an Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Physician Researcher, received an $8.6 million merit grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Research and Development,

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital is encouraging women Veterans to get screened for breast cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month and beyond.

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital is offering booster doses for qualifying individuals vaccinated with either Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 Vaccines, effective October 27, 2021.

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital is now offering Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster shots under Emergency Use Authorization.

On October 24, 1921, President Warren G. Harding dedicated the newly opened Edward Hines, Jr. Memorial Hospital, the first American Veterans' hospital to be named in a person's honor.

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital will host a drive-thru baby shower for expecting Veterans and their families, Sept. 18, 2020, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.