The 2025 update to the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Rehabilitation of Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation, a collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense with oversight through the Defense Health Agency’s Office of Evidence Based Practice, was released in January 2025. The guideline offers important ...

This analysis utilizes an updated case definition for non-Hodgkin lymphoma developed by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, based on consultation with subject matter experts and previous literature, to establish non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence within the U.S. Armed Forces active component, from 2017 through 2023.

This report details the steps taken to develop a timely, accurate, and comprehensive Navy fleet disease and injury surveillance capability, utilizing ESSENCE (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics), including the successes and challenges that will guide further refinement and expansion of this tool.

The Military Health System’s standard of care and top-notch medical personnel often outperform civilian health care.

The Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as National Radon Action Month, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has chosen the last week of January as Radon Awareness Week. This is the perfect time to think about testing your home for radon.

Reportable medical events documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System are reported monthly in MSMR.

This analysis measures the association of traumatic brain injury with medical readiness for active duty military service, which could inform future traumatic brain injury screening, referral, and patient management protocols.

Discover how the National Resource Directory’s electronic Caregiver Resource Directory empowers military caregivers with thousands of vetted resources for well-being, relocation, crisis support, and more.

Relocating can feel overwhelming, especially for wounded warriors and their caregivers. Military service or Recovery Coordination Programs available to wounded warriors and their caregivers can strengthen their connection to new communities.

Reportable medical events documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System are reported monthly in MSMR.

This report presents the rates of maternal syphilis among pregnant women and congenital syphilis among newborns in the Military Health System beneficiary population from 2012 to 2022. Between 2012 and 2021, cases of congenial syphilis in the U.S. increased by 755%, and rates of maternal and congenital syphilis within the Military Health System ...

This study assessed the incidence and incidence rate ratio of selected kidney events among U.S. active component service members that occurred from 31 days to six months after a COVID-19 test. Early evidence suggests that COVID-19 is linked to kidney-related events in older and hospitalized patients but has not been examined among a younger, healthy ...

Are you expecting a baby in 2025? Have you considered getting breastfeeding counseling or support from a labor doula? If so, you should know about some changes coming to the TRICARE Childbirth and Breastfeeding Support Demonstration on Jan. 1, 2025, including expansion overseas.

According to U.S. Defense Health Agency-Public Health experts, noncombat-related injuries are the primary reason active duty service members seek medical treatment.

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.