News releases
News releases for VA Washington DC health care.
Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center hosted its 30th annual Winterhaven Homeless Veterans Stand Down, Saturday, November 2, 2024
On November 4, 2023, the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center hosted its 29th Annual Winterhaven Homeless Veterans Stand Down.
Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center Researchers Find that Uninterrupted Dialysis Treatment During COVID-19 Pandemic Saved Lives of Veterans with Kidney Failure.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has appointed Suzana Iveljic as the Deputy Director of the Washington DC VA Medical Center.
The American College of Emergency Physicians has accredited the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center Emergency Department as a Level 3 Geriatric Emergency Department.
Veterans across the country who are in need of a life-saving liver or kidney transplant can now receive these procedures at one of the top ten transplant centers in the nation, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute (MGTI), in partnership with the Washington DC VA Medical Center.
Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center hosted its 28th annual Winterhaven Homeless Veterans Stand Down on November 5, 2022, on the main medical center campus.
Washington DC VA Medical Center’s Fisher House celebrated 11 years of service to Veterans, their families, and caregivers on Sept. 8, 2022.
Researchers from Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center published a research paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Oncology, indicating that some current and former older smokers, who are not currently recommended for screening, are at a high risk of lung cancer.
On July 16, 2022, the nation-wide Veterans Crisis Line transitioned to a new number: 988 and Press 1.