TRICARE Open Season begins today, Nov. 10! Starting today, you have the opportunity to make changes to your TRICARE plan. This year’s open season lasts through Tuesday, Dec. 9. This is your annual chance to sign up for a health plan or change your coverage. Any changes you make will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2026.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

This study developed predictive models to forecast future long COVID diagnoses and compared each model prediction to observed diagnoses.

This study evaluated associations between COVID-19 infection during pregnancy and adverse outcomes, along with any changes in association for pregnant women who received COVID-19 vaccinations.

Leaders at Munson Army Health Center welcomed team members from the Topeka-based VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System and Leavenworth’s Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center to Fort Leavenworth, Sept. 17.

Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Yokosuka, Japan, conducted a large-scale mass casualty drill Sept. 23, testing its ability to triage, treat and transport multiple simulated patients during a crisis.

Subject matter experts from across Navy Medicine assembled at NMRLC Detachment Fort Detrick to conduct an Authorized Medical Allowance List review in support of large deck amphibious ships, Sept. 22-25.

The Defense Health Agency has recognized a ‘Patient Champion’ at Womack Army Medical Center. Lt. Col. Kim MacNeilly, Deputy Commander for Quality and Safety at Womack, has been awarded the DHA Patient Champion Certificate for her work at the facility.

When Jiayu Shao raised his right hand in June to take the oath of office, he wasn’t just becoming a U.S. Air Force officer—he was fulfilling a dream decades in the making. After immigrating to the United States in 2001, Shao began his journey at the Uniformed Services University as a research trainee.