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  • With the introduction of VA’s new Urgent Care Benefit that allows you to receive care at in-network urgent care clinics (at VA expense), we will be closing the Urgent Care Clinic at the Perry Point VA Medical Center effective March 1, 2024.

    Urgent Care
  • Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years and woke up to a drastically changed world. For two World War II (WWII) Veterans celebrating their 100th and 101st birthdays, respectively, they didn’t have to go to sleep to see drastic changes in the world.

    100 Years of Wisdom: Two World War II Veterans Become Centenarians
  • Thanks to the VA FARMS program, farmers are in the dell and in the city.

    VA Farms Program Celebrates 5th Birthday
  • The Maryland Nurses Association (MNA) District 2 has selected Siobhan Kirksey, Women Veterans program manager at the VA Maryland Health Care System, with the Outstanding Dissemination of Health Information Award.

    Siobhan Kirksey, Women Veterans program manager
  • Veterans Day 2023 is Saturday, Nov. 11.

    2023 Veterans Day retail discounts, free meals and other offers
  • We will be participating in Operation Green Light for Veterans on November 6-12, illuminating our VA Medical Centers in green nightly to highlight military Veterans and the services available to them.

    Operation Green Light
  • The VA Maryland Health Care System and community retail pharmacies are now offering the updated COVID-19 vaccines for the 2023-2024 season.

    COVID19 Vaccine
  • The VA Maryland Health Care System is excited to join WHFC 91.1 FM on Veterans SITREP, a new local podcast produced by Harford Community College as an outreach to Veterans, spouses, caregivers and the supporting community.

    Veterans SITREP Podcast Explores PACT Act
  • Flu season is upon us. As a Veteran patient at the VA Maryland Health Care System, here’s how you can get a free flu shot.

    Walk-In Flu Vaccination Clinic
  • Veterans who deployed to a combat zone, never enrolled in VA health care and left the military between Sept. 11, 2001, and Oct. 1, 2013, are eligible to enroll directly in VA health care through the PACT Act.

    VA Pact Act