Stories
Read about what's happening in our VA Pittsburgh health care community.
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) recently honored a 100-year-old World War II Veteran, presenting the former B-24 Liberator tail gunner with stacks of greeting cards from well-wishers.
![VAPHS Celebrates 100-Year-Old WWII Vet](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2024-07/VAPHS%20Celebrates%20100-Year-Old%20WWII%20Vet.jpg)
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Two VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS) research team members are among the first recipients of a new national award through VA’s LGBTQ+ Health Program Office.
![Taylor Boyer, left, and John Blosnich, received VA’s inaugural awards for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) research.](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2024-04/TB%20%20JB%20Award%20Photo.png)
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is piloting a text-messaging service that could save Veterans’ lives.
Major milestone achieved in groundbreaking Million Veteran Program.
![Million Veteran Program](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2024-01/Diverse%20Group%20of%20People%20-%20shutterstock_379530769.jpg)
A new ridesharing program for eligible Veterans in need of transportation to medical appointments is producing big results for VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.
![Members of VA Pittsburgh’s transportation team stand ready to assist Veterans who need rides to and from their medical appointments.](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-12/UberConnect_0.png)
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System joined state and local officials in encouraging Pennsylvanians to support caretakers of Veterans, the hidden heroes among us.
![Robert Grier Jr. and his father Robert Grier Sr.](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-10/Hidden%20Heroes_20231004_0073.jpg)
Veterans say VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System’s (VAPHS’s) new Monroeville VA Outpatient Clinic offers a more convenient option than traveling into Pittsburgh’s traffic-heavy Oakland neighborhood for care.
![Monroeville Ribbon Cutting](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-09/Monroeville%20Clinic%20Grand%20Opening%20_4x6_20230901_0062.jpg)
A new program now available at VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System gives Veterans who need long-term care a choice between going to a nursing home or staying in a residential setting.
As a U.S. Marine deployed to Iraq in 2007, Sean Godfrey was frequently exposed to toxic burn pits.
![Burn Pit Balad Iraq](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-07/DVIDS%20burn%20pit%20balad%20iraq%202004.jpg)