The Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a peer-reviewed journal launched in 1995, is the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division's flagship publication. The MSMR provides monthly evidence-based estimates of the incidence, distribution, impact, and trends of health-related conditions among service members.

MSMR publishes a quarterly report on reportable medical events among both active component service members as well as their beneficiaries who receive care through the Military Health System.

This brief report summarizes the challenges of accurate measuring of seasonal influenza vaccine efficacy in a population with historically high vaccination rates.

This study utilized Defense Medical Surveillance System data to evaluate the incidence and characteristics of flea-borne typhus diagnoses in the Military Health System from 1995 through 2024 among U.S. military service members, in addition to the geographic prevalence of flea-borne typhus in different periods.

This brief report provides estimates of 2025-2026 influenza vaccine efficacy among U.S. active component service members.

This case report describes delayed onset P. vivax malaria in a U.S. service member whose non-specific symptom presentation prompted an extensive neurological and infectious disease evaluation before a detailed operational history revealed exposure near the demilitarized zone in the Republic of Korea.

This report examines research that utilized the Department of War Serum Repository from 2013 through 2024, updating the findings of a 1985–2012 review.

This report describes the standardized process developed and applied by the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) to objectively investigate potential non-infectious disease clusters.

This report compares the Department of War’s Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) network influenza surveillance data to the World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) data.

This retrospective cohort study examined incidence of initial diagnoses of traumatic brain injury, insomnia, migraine headache, depressive or anxiety disorders, noise-induced hearing injury, and essential hypertension among U.S. active component service members, stratified by those who served in occupations at high risk for blast overpressure exposure ...

MSMR publishes a quarterly report on reportable medical events among both active component service members as well as their beneficiaries who receive care through the Military Health System.

This annual report summarizes the numbers, types, and incidence rates of mental health disorder diagnoses among U.S. active component service members from 2021 through 2025.

This study analyzed the genetics of circulating influenza viruses during the 2025-2026 influenza season to better understand antigenic drift and inform future influenza prevention efforts.