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In Case You Missed It: The Center for Minority Veterans is sharing recent news stories that may be of interest to minority Veterans, service members, and their supporters on a weekly basis.
07/26/2024 02:30 PM EDT
In a paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine, VA researchers Drs. Ziyad Al-Aly, Yan Xie and Taeyoung Choi present findings from a study of over 5 million Veterans that substantiate the important protective role COVID-19 vaccination plays in preventing a health condition called Long COVID. Last week’s study is the largest yet to look at the role vaccination plays in preventing Long COVID as well as trends in the prevalence of Long COVID among Veterans over time. This cohort study followed Veterans who received VA health care across the country between March 1, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2022, for one year, ultimately comparing 441,583 Veterans who had SARS-CoV-2 infection to 4,748,504 Veterans who did not. [From VA News]
07/24/2024 10:30 AM EDT
For more than 10 years, Larry Wilson has been a bridge between Veterans and My HealtheVet, VA’s online patient portal. As a My HealtheVet Coordinator at Eastern Colorado VA, he spends his days helping Veterans navigate My HealtheVet and connecting them to their health care. Working with Veterans comes easily to Wilson. After all, he spent 25 years serving as an Air Force medic. He also uses My HealtheVet for his own care. [From VA News]
