GOP lawmakers target diversity training, COVID rules in defense bill
The annual defense authorization bill debate in the House focused mainly on hot-button social issues.
Coronavirus | COVID-19 Updates
Veterans Affairs drops mask requirement for all agency medical offices
Masks will still be mandated for some high-risk areas or facilities with rising virus numbers.
A year into COVID pandemic, veterans halls ‘barely hanging’ on
Local bars and halls run by VFW and American Legion posts were already struggling.
This week in Congress: VA’s ongoing coronavirus response
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of March 22.
All veterans, their spouses and caregivers eligible to get COVID vaccine through VA under newly-passed bill
The new bill would make more than 20 million individuals eligible to get doses through VA.
Military personnel to assist at Detroit vaccination site
More than 220 Defense Department military and support personnel are expected at Ford Field in Detroit to support COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
Coronavirus rates at VA medical centers fall to five-month low
Active cases of the virus among patients are down almost 80 percent in the last two months.
After COVID-19 ‘spike’ in CENTCOM, more vaccine on the way to deployed troops
Central Command saw a small spike in COVID-19 cases last month. Now more vaccines are on the way.
All vets could be eligible for COVID vaccines at VA soon, but supply problems remain the biggest challenge
A new bill would allow the department to vaccinate more veterans, but it wouldn't get more doses to VA.
Pentagon to help stand up 10 more COVID mass vaccination sites, mission could last much of 2021
A total of 35 FEMA-backed sites are either up and running or in the works.
Air Force postpones physical fitness tests to July
Details of the new PFT scoring system are expected to be released in June..
