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Vaccines

Veterans Find A New Way To Serve: They're Volunteering for COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

By Stephanie Colombini • Nov 27, 2020
Retired Army Colonel Herminio Blas-Irizarry volunteered for a VA COVID-19 vaccine trial. "It's something I want to do for my country," he said.
Stephanie Colombini / American Homefront

More than 50 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers are involved in trials to test vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, and the agency is calling on vets to volunteer.

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