The Military Health System remained committed to warfighter brain health in 2023, spearheading advancements in training, technology, and care.

As 2023 drew to a close, team members with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, or USAMMDA, at Fort Detrick, Maryland, reflected on their achievements while preparing for 2024.

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The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division’s Global Emerging Infections Surveillance branch hosted its first Next-Generation Sequencing Summit in Silver Spring, Maryland. Attendees included representatives from the GEIS network of global partner laboratories and other U.S. government agencies. AFHSD is a division of Defense Health Agency Public Health.

A Scott Air Force Base initiative is transforming the way U.S. Air Force osteopathic medical residents receive their training via a new family medicine residency program.

2023 was a big year for MHS GENESIS. The new electronic health record system finished deployment within the continental U.S. and successfully went live in Europe and the Indo-Pacific regions.

The only military hospital in Kuwait with surgical capabilities recently upgraded to a new, state-of-the-art, computed tomography scanner.

Pacific Partnership 24-1 concludes 10 days of medical, humanitarian, and disaster response, collaborating with professionals and U.S. veterans. The mission concluded at its third mission stop on Dec. 21, 2023 in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.

This descriptive epidemiologic study describes weight loss prescription medication prevalence among active component service members from January 2018 through June 2023.

Dr. Robert Johnson, the fourth editor-in-chief of the MSMR, introduces himself to readers and communicates his editorial goals for the journal.

This report provides linear trends of selected vector-borne diseases, over a 13-year surveillance period, among Armed Forces service and non-service member beneficiaries diagnosed at installations within the Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Africa Command (AFRICOM), Central Command (CENTCOM), European Command (EUCOM), Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), or ...

This report describes ivermectin prescription fill rates among U.S. active component service members over time during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ivermectin prescription fill rates increased among active component service members early in the COVID-19 pandemic when misinformation about the effectiveness of ivermectin for prevention and ...

This editorial provides a bibliometric summary and thematic analysis for articles published in MSMR over a 5-year period, from January 2019 through December 2023.

Each month the MSMR publishes an update of reportable medical events documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System, for monitoring, controlling, and preventing the occurrence and spread of diseases of public health interest or readiness importance.

In 2023, the Defense Health Agency welcomed new leaders, celebrated its historic 10-year anniversary, and released a five-year strategic plan that focuses on leveraging health technology to improve patient experiences and outcomes.