Veteran Affairs

The VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City got its first shipment of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday. It will distribute the 2,200 doses to frontline health care workers, but high-risk veterans are still about a month away from receiving their first doses.

Utah is home to nearly 140,000 veterans. And while relatively few have tested positive for the coronavirus — less than 1% compared to more than 4% of the state’s overall population — veteran healthcare providers in the state have still faced many of the same challenges as others.

Westminster College administrators cut the ribbon on their new Center for Veteran & Military Services today.Corbin Katmull is a student veteran at…