Now, scientists at the Department of Defense, VA, and partner institutions are testing a new technology to treat COVID-19. It’s called the Seraph 100 blood filter. The treatment uses a novel approach to filter out viral particles and harmful molecules from the bloodstream of COVID-19 patients.
Veterans Day 2021 will be extra special for 12 military members, who will celebrate it as U.S. citizens for the first time following a ceremony Nov. 9 at U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services headquarters in Maryland. The service members were from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, hailing from 10 different countries.
This year, Sgt. 1st Class Chelsea Porterfield became only the 5th woman to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. She was also the first woman Sergeant of the Guard. Learn more about the guard and Porterfield.
James Sturgell, Army Air Corps Veteran, recalls his B-29 Superfortress landing on Iwo Jima about six times. “If we hadn’t, I wouldn’t have made it home.”
Veterans Day should be a call to action for all Americans to serve those who have served, VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Nov. 9 during a National Press Club event in Washington, D.C.
