Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

Click on the icon to open, download and save the latest issue of MSMRThe January 2026 issue of MSMR features a full report on Guillain-Barré syndrome among U.S. active component service members; and a report on distinct approaches to racial and ethnic classification to the surveillance of obstetric and neonatal outcomes in the U.S. military; followed by a case report an atypical Ross River virus infection in an Australian Army service member; complemented by Surveillance Snapshot on chikungunya in Military Health System beneficiaries; and concludes with the monthly summary of the most frequent reportable medical events within the Military Health System.

The Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published continually since 1995, is a peer-reviewed journal of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division. MSMR publishes monthly reports describing the incidence, distribution, impact, or trends of illness and injuries among members of the United States Armed Forces and other beneficiaries of the Military Health System.

The December 2025 issue of MSMR featured the annual updates on cold weather injuries among the active and reserve components as well as mental health disorders among active component service members; the November 2025 issue focused on sexually transmitted infections; the September 2025 issue published annual reports on the burden of morbidity within the Military Health System; the June 2025 issue provides data on heat illnesses and injuries among active component service members during the prior year; the May 2025 issue focused on military women's health and readiness, and the April 2025 30th anniversary issue features a variety of articles on the history of MSMR and U.S. military medical surveillance. 

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This annual report summarizes numbers and trends of newly identified HIV-antibody seropositivity, from January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024, among military members of five services under the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces, in addition to the Army and Air Force National Guard.

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Guest Editorial: Health Policy Analysis: Improving HIV PrEP Implementation to Help End the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Military

This guest editorial presents a policy analysis that suggests HIV PrEP coverage in the Military Health System remains suboptimal, and evaluates several available interventions could result in substantial increases in PrEP coverage that could further reduce new service member HIV infections and increase medical readiness.