News Releases
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June 3, 2021Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital is expanding COVID-19 vaccinations to adolescents ages 12 to 17 who qualify as caregivers of Veterans or are CHAMPVA beneficiaries, as part of the SAVE LIVES Act.
May 14, 2021Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital’s Joliet Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) will host a mobile food pantry for low-income area residents on May 18, 2021, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
May 7, 2021Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital’s Serwa Research Center on Aging awarded its first series of $50,000 research grants seeking to improve the quality of life of older Veterans and plans to award additional grants this summer.
April 17, 2021Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital reached a new milestone April 17, 2021, administering 50,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses since December, leading the way in vaccinations among VA facilities in the region.
April 16, 2021Hines VA Hospital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new 2,655 square-foot pacemaker clinic, April 16, 2021.
April 13, 2021Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital is administering vaccinations to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees through an interagency agreement to support DHS’s COVID-19 Operation Vaccinate our Workforce program.
April 9, 2021Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital is expanding COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone who served in the military, their caregivers and spouses, and some other beneficiaries under the authority granted by the SAVE LIVES Act, signed by President Joe Biden on March 24, 2021.
March 9, 2021Hines VA Hospital is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine to Veterans of all ages. Approximately 35 percent of its enrollees have been vaccinated to date.
February 23, 2021Hines VA Hospital announced that staff have provided more than 25,000 vaccines since December and is leading the way in vaccinations among VA facilities in the region.
February 16, 2021Hines VA Hospital announced that staff have vaccinated more than 10,000 Veterans.