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.

Severe bites by military working dogs can inflict significant medical and logistical burdens to operational units due to emergency evacuations, antibiotic treatments, and lost duty time.

This Surveillance Snapshot data suggest that modifications to the fitness training regimen may reduce bone stress injuries during basic cadet training at a military service academy.

Female-specific risk factors, including mental health, for ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases have only recently been recognized. This study summarizes trends from 2014 through 2023 in the incidence of ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular heart disease among U.S. active component female service members and identifies potential military ...

Since 2004, MSMR has published annual updates on the incidence of cold weather injuries affecting U.S. Armed Force members for the five most recent cold seasons. Cold weather injuries are of significant military concern due to potential effects on service members (e.g., morbidity and potential disability) and the total force (e.g., adverse impacts on ...

Reportable Medical Events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System, with monthly updates reported in each issue of MSMR.

This Surveillance Snapshot describes hepatitis A and B virus antibody positivity results from 2023 among enlisted recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

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.

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.

The editors of MSMR are announcing a call for papers to be published in the May 2025 issue of MSMR that will be dedicated to the health of women serving in the military.

This study examines the incidence of hair loss among active component U.S. service women, describes the types of hair loss, and summarizes potential racial and ethnic disparities of hair loss among service women over the last 12 years.

Reportable Medical Events by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System are updated in each month's issue of MSMR.