Stories

Last month, the Houston VA Center for Development & Civic Engagement (CDCE) hosted the 8th annual Veterans Baby Shower for expectant and recent mothers at the United Way Greater Houston.

In celebration of Veterans Day, Carnival Cruise Line partnered with the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center to honor more than 150 Houston-area veterans with a tribute reception and luncheon aboard the Carnival Breeze cruise ship in the Port of Galveston.

Houston VA and our community based outpatient clinics are offering free flu shots to enrolled Veterans. Getting a flu shot is a great way to protect yourself, your family and the community from the flu.

In early October, a highly-skilled transplant team at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston faced an incredible and unexpected challenge.

Charmaine Mullin is an Army Veteran in the middle of the fight of her life.

Last month, Houston VA Veterans were honored at the 74th annual Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo which started with a police escort from the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.

Three World War II Veterans over the age of 100 were recently honored for their military service at a special birthday celebration organized by staff at the Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic.

Marine Corps Veteran Gabriel Gonzalez was one of a group of grateful Veterans who recently received the gift of freedom of movement thanks to a generous donation from the Galveston/Houston Chapter of the Knights of Columbus.

The blistering Texas heat did not deter the Houston community and Department of Veterans Affairs from coming together on Sept. 8 in Emancipation Park to hold a one-stop resource event for more than 550 Veterans.

In July, Air Force Veteran Walter Pinkney was the recipient of a simultaneous heart and kidney transplant at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, a groundbreaking multi-organ transplant surgery.