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(37,505 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2025, 12:39 PM Monday

Inside the Million Veteran Program's Growth and What It Means for VA Healthcare

Much more at the Link

https://www.military.com/feature/2025/11/21/inside-million-veteran-programs-growth-and-what-it-means-va-healthcare.html?ESRC=mr_251208.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mr&utm_campaign=20251208

Military.com | By Haley Fuller
Published December 06, 2025 at 5:00am EDT
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has passed a major milestone in its effort to build one of the world’s largest genomic research cohorts. The Million Veteran Program (MVP), launched in 2011, now includes 1,091,487 enrolled Veterans as of November 20, 2025, according to VA officials. Publicly available VA data had previously stated the program had surpassed the one-million mark, making MVP one of the largest and most diverse genetic research datasets in existence.