Stories

Your overall satisfaction with a health care visit starts with patient check-in. VA understands the importance of this moment and will soon offer you an opportunity to check-in for appointments using your smartphone.

Your life is worth it. Keep fighting and never give up. Every day, responders at the Veterans Crisis Line help people going through a crisis. Call the new number—Dial 988 then Press 1—to reach qualified, caring responders who are ready to listen.

Each year across the nation, VA partners with the American Legion Auxiliary to host a creative arts competition and festival that showcases and celebrates the value of the creative arts and creative arts therapy in the health, wellness and rehabilitation of our nation’s Veterans.

The VA Maryland Health Care System, in partnership with the Maryland National Guard, is holding a Walk-In COVID-19 Booster Shot Clinic at the Baltimore VA Medical Center at 10 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

When the pandemic forced volunteer Cassandra Compton Kapoor to refrain from her usual volunteer activities in the Emergency Room at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, she signed up to participate in the Compassionate Contact Corps Program.

Later this summer, a major construction project is scheduled to begin in the parking garage at the Baltimore VA Medical Center (VAMC) that will require the garage to be closed until the completion of the project (approximately 2 to 3 months).

Last July, 32 Veterans receiving care at the VA Maryland Health Care System participated in a local Veterans Creative Arts Competition. Nationwide, thousands of Veterans receiving care at other VA facilities participated in their own competitions.

The VA and community retail pharmacies are now offering the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine second boosters.

A little more than a decade ago, Air Force Veteran Eugene Brown, now 75, held a well-paying position in a bank, a job he loved. He’d driven a company car and set his own schedule, balancing office time with visiting customers in the field.

If you experienced military sexual trauma (MST), you might feel alone and unsure of where to turn.