LVMAC News: Wilkes-Barre VA Wants A Suicide Prevention Coalition in the Lehigh Valley

Reed Walker, Community Engagement and Partnerships Coordinator (CEPC) from the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, explained to the council at its 19 July 2023 meeting that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is interested in creating a Suicide Prevention Coalition in the Lehigh Valley towards achieving its clinical healthcare priority: preventing veteran Read more…

Forward Observer: The Straight Poop on COVID Booster Shots (and Flu Shots)

There has been recent confusion in the local veterans community over receiving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.  Part of it is due to the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center’s (VAMC) recent cancellation of scheduled appointments for the recommended, regular booster.  That occurred because a new, bivalent versions from Pfizer and Moderna suddenly Read more…

Freedom Day Free Dental Work

Not to be confused with the real nationally observed National Freedom Day (the signing of the 13th Amendment) on 1 February, this Freedom Day, spawned by the efforts of a dentist in West Virginia and originally meant for military personnel, leads to good deeds that serve a worthwhile purpose.