Article Sept. 1, 2025 Surveillance snapshot: Telehealth services among active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2020–2024 This Surveillance Snapshot documents trends in telehealth service use among active component service members and identifies the 10 most frequent diagnoses addressed via telehealth, utilizing Defense Medical Surveillance System outpatient and demographic records. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Sept. 1, 2025 Ambulatory health care visits among active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2024 This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of ambulatory, or outpatient care, visits among active component service members, based on standardized records from U.S. military and non-military medical facilities worldwide. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Sept. 1, 2025 Surveillance snapshot: Illness and injury burdens among reserve component members of the U.S. Coast Guard, 2024 This Surveillance Snapshot documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of various illnesses and injuries among members of the reserve component of the U.S. Coast Guard, based on standardized records from U.S. military and non-military medical facilities. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Sept. 1, 2025 Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries among active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2024 This annual summary report of various illnesses and injuries among members of the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces quantifies patient diagnoses and major condition categories with several health care burden measures derived from the Global Burden of Disease Study. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Sept. 1, 2025 Hospitalizations among active component members of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2024 This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of hospitalizations, or inpatient care, among active component service members, based on standardized records from U.S. military and non-military medical facilities worldwide. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Report Sept. 1, 2025 MSMR Vol. 32 No. 9 - September 2025 .PDF | 4.01 MB The September 2025 MSMR presents the annual burden of morbidity issue, with data and analysis of absolute and relative morbidity burdens due to illnesses and injuries among U.S. active component service members in 2024. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Sept. 1, 2025 Medical evacuations out of U.S. Central and U.S. Africa Commands among the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces, 2024 This report summarizes the nature, numbers, and trends of conditions of medical evacuations from CENTCOM and AFRICOM in 2024, with comparisons to the preceding four years. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Aug. 1, 2025 Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 22, Ending May 31, 2025 MSMR publishes a monthly update for reportable medical events among active component service members as well as other beneficiaries of the U.S. Military Health System. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Aug. 1, 2025 Historical Perspective: Early U.S. Military Immunization Against Tetanus and Diphtheria: Historical Context and Current Importance This historical review discusses the contextual factors that led to differing U.S. Army immunization strategies as well as outcomes for tetanus and diphtheria during the Second World War. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Aug. 1, 2025 Venomous Animal Bites and Stings in Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2008–2023 This study characterizes all medically diagnosed bites and stings in U.S. active component service members from snakes, venomous fish, other venomous marine animals, arthropods, and insects identified through medical data from the Defense Medical Surveillance System. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Aug. 1, 2025 Surveillance Snapshot: Trends in Hypertension and Hypertensive Disease Among Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2018–2023 This study examines the trend in annual incidence of hypertension and hypertensive disease, as well as annual percentages of recorded high blood pressure measurements, among U.S. service members between 2018 and 2023, utilizing data from the Defense Medical Surveillance System. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article Aug. 1, 2025 Potential High Arbovirus Exposure in INDOPACOM During U.S. Service Member Deployment or Exercises in Papua New Guinea This study addresses an important gap in epidemiological data on 11 arboviruses present in Papua New Guinea by providing updated serology data from 185 Papua New Guinea military personnel. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Report Aug. 1, 2025 MSMR Vol. 32 No. 8 - August 2025 .PDF | 2.71 MB The August 2025 MSMR presents four articles: a report on venomous animal bites and stings in U.S. active component service members, 2008–2023; a report on potential high arbovirus exposure in INDOPACOM during U.S. deployment or exercises in Papua New Guinea; a Historical Perspective on early U.S. military immunization against tetanus and diphtheria; ... Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article July 1, 2025 Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System Facilities Through Week 18, Ending May 3, 2025 MSMR publishes a monthly update of reportable medical events for both active component members and Military Health System beneficiaries. Military Health System care providers and public health officials document reportable medical events through the Disease Reporting System internet. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
Article July 1, 2025 Case Report: Complicated Breast Cellulitis Status Post-Bilateral Mastectomies Caused by Infection with Staphylococcus coagulans This case report presents a unique instance of S. coagulans in a woman with a history of breast cancer and implant reconstruction who presented with a S. coagulans infection in a breast implant. Recommended Content Medical Surveillance Monthly Report