Veterans of all ages can receive COVID vaccine at New Orleans VA Medical Center
The vaccine clinic is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the facility in the 2400 block of Canal Street. You may make an appointment for the vaccine or just walk in.
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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, CVS Pharmacist Gerard Diebner prepares COVID-19 vaccine for nursing home residents at Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. New York officials are pushing for more COVID-19 vaccine doses as the effort to speed up inoculations collides with a lack of vaccine. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that the city will run out of first doses of COVID-19 vaccine sometime Thursday without fresh supplies. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
Walk-in COVID-19 vaccines available for veterans of all ages in New Orleans Share Updated: 12:38 PM CST Feb 19, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 12:38 PM CST Feb 19, 2021
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Show Transcript RIGHT NOW, IF YOU ARE A VETERAN AND YOU ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER CURRENT GUIDELINES TO GET A VACCINE, YOU CAN WALK RIGHT INTO AVA CLINIC AND GET ONE. THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THE CLINIC IS OFFERING. YOU HAVE TO BE ELIGIBLE AND PART OF THE AGE GROUP ALLOWED TO GET THAT SHOT. YOU CAN HEAD TO THE V.A. CLINIC ON C
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 12:38 PM CST Feb 19, 2021
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VA New Orleans Receives Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Exoskeleton From National Nonprofit SoldierStrong
SoldierStrongDecember 18, 2020 GMT
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) SoldierStrong, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of Veterans through the donation of revolutionary medical technologies to Veterans Affairs and other medical centers across the country, donated an exoskeleton to the New Orleans Veterans Medical Center today.
Since SoldierStrong’s inception following the tragic events of 9/11, the Stamford, Conn.-based group has donated more than $3 million of medical devices to help injured Veterans. Today’s donation is the organization’s 24th exoskeleton donation, including the 20th one to the VA system. Currently, 35,000 Veterans have access to exoskeleton rehabilitation devices.