The Medical Surveillance Monthly Report, a peer-reviewed journal launched in 1995, is the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division's flagship publication. The MSMR provides monthly evidence-based estimates of the incidence, distribution, impact, and trends of health-related conditions among service members.

This study combined two sources of medical data to classify nicotine and tobacco use among U.S. active component service members as exposures delineated by recent use or history of any use.

This report estimates the 2010–2024 incidence of head and neck cancer among U.S. active component service members, updating a 2007-2019 analysis of oral and pharyngeal cancers published in MSMR by expanding the case definition to include all head and neck cancers.

This brief report examines the incidence of oropharyngeal cancer, a subcategory of head and neck cancer, diagnosed among U.S. active component service members from 2005 to 2024.

This report updates prior summaries of the numbers, rates, trends, and causes of deaths among service members from all components of the U.S. Armed Forces from 2010 through 2020.

This Surveillance Snapshot describes the mid-year populations for U.S. active component service members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard from 2023 through 2025.

This report utilized medical encounter data to assess the incidence and burden of endometriosis among U.S. active component service women from 2017 through 2024.

This brief report provides a monthly update of the leading reportable medical events for U.S. active component service members in addition to Military Health System beneficiaries.

This editorial presents an overview of the CHAMPS database, illustrating the utility and opportunities for research provided by CHAMPS.

This Surveillance Snapshot evaluates adherence to official guidance for disease and injury data reporting during two 2024 exercises, African Lion and Flintlock, in the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility.

This report describes the trends of tuberculosis testing and latent tuberculosis infection positivity in U.S. Army active component soldiers during the first decade following the 2013 U.S. Army Medical Command policy revision to a targeted, risk-based tuberculosis testing strategy.

This historical review discusses how the primary challenge presented by malaria infections in the Pacific theater during World War II was an inability to return recovered soldiers quickly to their units, with nearly one percent of malaria patients repatriated for ‘chronic malaria’.

Each month, MSMR publishes a reportable medical event update for active component service members as well as Military Health System beneficiaries, documented through the Disease Reporting System internet.