Veteran Affairs

A morning snow flurry in Salt Lake City didn’t stop members of the American Federation of Government Employees labor union from rallying at the medical center for better pay.

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…