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VA Houston health care top stories.

  • A dedicated team of VA social workers, local police officers and community outreach staff hit the streets of Houston last week as part of a three-day effort to house unsheltered homeless Veterans.

    VA staff pose for a photo under a bridge.
  • Army Veteran Lyle Bludell got more than he was expecting when he visited a local Houston-area Veteran food pantry this week.

    VA employee talks to a Veteran in their vehicle
  • For Veteran Leon Warren III, reducing the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder is made easier through his passion for gardening, and he does it at Houston VA’s Peaceful Garden.

    Veterans working in a garden
  • The Houston VA Clinical Contact Center can provide virtual urgent care and support to Veterans - whether it’s general administrative support, nurse triage, virtual visits with a doctor or nurse practitioner, pharmacy services, or appointment scheduling and management – we’re here for you!

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  • A newly constructed facility aimed at providing state-of-the-art, high-quality rehabilitation and treatment services for Veterans is now open in Houston.

    VA staff hold a ribbon cutting ceremony.
  • A Houston VA clinic designed for Veterans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, has received designation as a Certified Treatment Center of Excellence by the ALS Association.

    VA staff
  • Navy Veteran John Kash used to drink two gallons of whole milk a day, until his primary care doctor referred him to a dietitian with the VA’s MOVE! Program. Now he is down 53 pounds and feeling great.

    Navy Veteran John Kash goes for a walk outdoors.
  • More than 1,000 Veterans lined up in the pouring rain to receive much-needed food and assistance at a special event at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center last Saturday.

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  • In a remarkable display of community collaboration, more than 1,000 Veterans recently gathered at a special event in Houston to connect with essential resources, jobs and support.

    Veteran and VA leader
  • For 19 years, Dr. Thomas ‘Tom’ Zampieri, a former U.S. Army medic wore a white coat, a stethoscope, walking the halls of the Canandaigua, Richmond and the Houston VA medical centers flipping the pages of lab test results for patients as a physician’s assistant.

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