Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Population Health Research Brief Series
COVID-19 is a Major Risk to New York State’s Older Veterans
Mariah Brennan Nanni , Mary E. Helander
March 2020
The older adult veteran population is at high risk of contracting COVID-19. New York State’s veterans are concentrated in geographic areas with rapidly increasing COVID-19 case counts. As the virus continues to spread, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) must prepare to provide coronavirus treatments to older adult veterans in NYS.