Article Dec 1, 2025 Reportable medical events at Military Health System facilities through week 36, ending September 6, 2025 Each month, MSMR publishes a reportable medical event update for active component service members as well as Military Health System beneficiaries, documented through the Disease Reporting System internet. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Dec 1, 2025 Trends in the prevalence of obesity among U.S. active component service members and civilians, 2013–2023 This report examines trends in the prevalence of obesity over the past decade among U.S. active component service members and civilians, ages 17-62 years, overall and by sex, comparing age-standardized distributions of body mass index. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Dec 1, 2025 Update: Cold weather injuries among the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces, July 2020–June 2025 Since 2004, MSMR has published annual updates on the incidence of cold weather injuries affecting U.S. Armed Forces members for the five most recent cold seasons. This 2025 report discusses the occurrence of frostbite, immersion hand and foot injuries, hypothermia, as well as “other specified and unspecified effects of reduced temperature.” Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Dec 1, 2025 Perinatal mental health conditions among U.S. active component service women, 2016–2022 This report describes the seven-year prevalence of five perinatal mental health disorders among U.S. active duty service women: trauma and stressor-related disorders, anxiety and panic disorders, depressive disorders, suicidal ideation or attempt, and eating disorders. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Dec 1, 2025 Update: Diagnoses of mental health disorders among U.S. active component service members, 2020–2024 This report summarizes the numbers, types and incidence rates of mental health disorder diagnoses among U.S. active component service members over a five-year surveillance period. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Nov 1, 2025 Update: Sexually transmitted infections among active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2016–2024 This annual update summarizes incidence rates and trends of the most frequent sexually transmitted infections among U.S. active component service members: chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, human papilloma virus (HPV), and genital herpes simplex virus (HSV). Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Nov 1, 2025 Follow up testing among male U.S. Air Force basic trainees diagnosed with chlamydia or gonorrhea, 2017–2023 This report describes the incidence of gonorrhea and chlamydia in male Air Force basic trainees and compares follow up testing and clinical outcomes with female basic trainees. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Nov 1, 2025 Sexual networks of U.S. military service members with chlamydia at Joint Base San Antonio, June–December 2023 This retrospective evaluation utilized contact tracing data collected by Army Public Health Nursing to identify sexual networks of U.S. service members infected with chlamydia at a single military base. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Nov 1, 2025 Update: Routine screening for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus in the U.S. Armed Forces, active and reserve components, January 2020–June 2025 This annual update summarizes numbers and trends of new HIV antibody seropositivity among U.S. active and reserve component service members, in addition to National Guard members. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Nov 1, 2025 Brief report: Lyme disease forecasting in the U.S. Department of Defense: summary of one- to three-month forecasts, January–October 2024 This study employed multiple forecasting methods in an effort to predict future Lyme disease and tick bites among U.S. Military Health System beneficiaries, with comparisons to actual outpatient encounter data. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Oct 1, 2025 Reportable medical events at Military Health System facilities through week 31, ending August 2, 2025 MSMR publishes a monthly summary of reportable medical events documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by Military Health System care providers and public health officials. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Oct 1, 2025 Seasonal influenza hospitalization incidence rates among U.S. active component service members, 2010–2024 This report provides cumulative seasonal influenza hospitalization rates of service members, stratified by sex, age group, race and ethnicity, branch of service, recruit site, and location, both in the U.S. and overseas. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Oct 1, 2025 Strategies for forecasting long COVID in the active component U.S. military This study developed predictive models to forecast future long COVID diagnoses and compared each model prediction to observed diagnoses. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Oct 1, 2025 The association between body mass index, physical fitness and COVID-19 hospitalization among male active duty U.S. Army soldiers, May 2020–November 2021 This report describes associations between prior body mass index and prior physical fitness performance with COVID-19 hospitalization, adjusting for age, race and ethnicity, vaccination, and comorbidities. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Oct 1, 2025 Update: measles, mumps, rubella and varicella among service members and other beneficiaries of the Military Health System, 2019–2024 This report provides updated data and analysis on measles, mumps, rubella and varicella cases from 2019 through 2024, describing trends among U.S. Military Health System beneficiaries and stratifying cases by immunization status. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report