Where vaccines are offered
We offer COVID-19 vaccines at many VA health facilities and clinics.
Find your nearest VA facility that offers COVID-19 vaccines
Urgent care locations and retail pharmacies in our community care network also offer COVID-19 vaccines to Veterans. These locations follow their local, state, or territory vaccine plans. Veterans don’t receive priority over others seeking vaccines at these locations.
If you’re enrolled in VA health care and you go to a community care location to get a COVID-19 vaccine, download our pharmacy billing flyer (PDF). Show the card to the provider before you get your vaccine.
Learn more about how to get a COVID-19 vaccine from a community provider
We encourage you to take the first opportunity you have to get a vaccine at the most convenient location for you.
Find other vaccine providers near you on the CDC vaccine finder website
Vaccine safety
Before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizes a vaccine for use, they carefully review the available safety data and clinical trial results for that vaccine. Scientists studied the 3 authorized COVID-19 vaccines in tens of thousands of people in clinical trials.
Millions of people in the United States have now received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history. Many people have reported only mild side effects after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Serious side effects are rare.
A small number of people have had a severe allergic reaction (called “anaphylaxis”) after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. But this is rare. After you get a COVID-19 vaccine at VA, we’ll monitor you for 15 to 30 minutes. If you do have a reaction, we have medicines to effectively treat it right away.
Send a secure message to your VA provider to ask about COVID-19 vaccines
Learn more about COVID-19 vaccine safety
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine fact sheets:
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine fact sheets:
Janssen COVID-19 vaccine fact sheet: