Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

Click on the icon to open, download and save the latest issue of MSMRThe December 2025 issue of MSMR features four full reports, beginning with the annual update on cold weather injuries among the active and reserve components, July 2020–June 2025; followed by a report on trends in the prevalence of obesity among U.S. active component service members and civilians, 2013–2023; followed by the annual update on diagnoses of mental health disorders among ACSMs, 2020–2024; complemented by perinatal mental health conditions among active duty service women, 2016–2022; and concludes with the monthly summary of the most frequent reportable medical events within the Military Health System.

The Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, published continually since 1995, is a peer-reviewed journal of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division. MSMR publishes monthly reports describing the incidence, distribution, impact, or trends of illness and injuries among members of the United States Armed Forces and other beneficiaries of the Military Health System.

The November 2025 issue focused on sexually transmitted infections; the September 2025 issue published annual reports on the burden of morbidity within the Military Health System; the June 2025 issue provides data on heat illnesses and injuries among active component service members during the prior year; the May 2025 issue focused on military women's health and readiness, and the April 2025 30th anniversary issue features a variety of articles on the history of MSMR and U.S. military medical surveillance. 

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Update: Infertility Among Active Component Service Women, U.S. Armed Forces, 2019–2023

This update of infertility surveillance, analysis and reporting provides more recent estimates of infertility diagnosis incidence and prevalence of among active component U.S. service women. MSMR has published the incidence and prevalence of diagnosed female infertility among active component women since 2000, with assessments of annual rates of ...

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May 1, 2025

Trends of Sepsis Hospitalizations Among Female Active Component U.S. Service Members, 2011–2022

This report on sepsis hospitalizations among service women is in response to studies of sepsis among active component U.S. military members that have shown markedly increased rates of sepsis hospitalizations, especially among women, among whom rates are higher than male service members as well as the general U.S. population.