Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

Click on the icon to open, download and save the latest issue of MSMRThe May 2026 issue of MSMR features four full reports and a brief report, beginning with the annual update of heat exhaustion and heat stroke among U.S. active component service members, from 2021 through 2025; complemented by the annual updates on exertional rhabdomyolysis and exertional hyponatremia among active component service members, 2021–2025; followed by the annual update on malaria in the U.S. Armed Forces in 2025; and concludes with an annual 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.

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Sept. 1, 2025

Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries among non-service member beneficiaries of the Military Health System, 2024

This report presents an updated summary of the health care burdens documented in 2024 among non-service member beneficiaries of the Military Health System, which provides comprehensive health care to a diverse and heterogeneous population of family members and military retirees from all branches of military service.

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June 1, 2025

Letter to the Editor

This letter to the editor addresses the methodology from the article Correlation Between Mean Temperature and Incidence of Tick-borne Diseases Among Active Duty Service Members in the Contiguous U.S., 2000-2023, published in the March 2025 issue of MSMR.