Medical Surveillance Monthly Report

Click on the icon to open, download and save the latest issue of MSMRThe April 2026 issue of MSMR  features two full reports and a brief report, beginning with a study of tobacco and nicotine use indicators from two data sources for U.S. active component service members in 2023; followed by a report on head and neck cancer among service members, from 2010 to 2024; with brief report on the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer among service members, from 2005 to 2024;;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.

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Sept. 1, 2025

Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries among active component members of the U.S. Coast Guard, 2024

This report quantifies the impacts of various illnesses and injuries among members of the active component of the U.S. Coast Guard in 2024, employing the same disease classification system and morbidity burden measures in the general active component burden analysis report.

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Sept. 1, 2025

Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries among non-service member beneficiaries of the Military Health System, 2024

This report presents an updated summary of the health care burdens documented in 2024 among non-service member beneficiaries of the Military Health System, which provides comprehensive health care to a diverse and heterogeneous population of family members and military retirees from all branches of military service.

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Aug. 1, 2025

MSMR Vol. 32 No. 8 - August 2025

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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; ...