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 applied the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division (AFHSD) case definition for the identification of malignant brain tumors among U.S. active service members to the dependent pediatric population of the active component of the U.S. Air Force, to determine the positive predictive value of this case definition for a pediatric population.

This retrospective cohort study examined ovarian dysfunction diagnosis incidence among female active component service members in the U.S. military from 2014 to 2023 using medical encounter data from the Defense Medical Surveillance System.

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.

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.

As part of the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, within the Public Health Directorate of the Defense Health Agency, MSMR offers a forum for peer-reviewed public health reports that are disseminated on a variety of digital platforms: published online at health.mil, the official website of the Military Health System, in addition to indexing on ...

This report summarizes the numbers, types, and rates of incident mental health disorder diagnoses among U.S. active component service members over a 5-year surveillance period, from 2019 through 2023, during which a total of 541,672 service members were diagnosed with at least one mental health disorder.

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 ...

Female-specific risk factors, including mental health, for ischemic heart and cerebrovascular diseases have only recently been recognized. This study summarizes trends from 2014 through 2023 in the incidence of ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular heart disease among U.S. active component female service members and identifies potential military ...

This Surveillance Snapshot data suggest that modifications to the fitness training regimen may reduce bone stress injuries during basic cadet training at a military service academy.

Severe bites by military working dogs can inflict significant medical and logistical burdens to operational units due to emergency evacuations, antibiotic treatments, and lost duty time.