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 report examines research that utilized the Department of War Serum Repository from 2013 through 2024, updating the findings of a 1985–2012 review.

This report compares the Department of War’s Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) network influenza surveillance data to the World Health Organization’s Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) data.

This report describes the standardized process developed and applied by the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) to objectively investigate potential non-infectious disease clusters.

This retrospective cohort study examined incidence of initial diagnoses of traumatic brain injury, insomnia, migraine headache, depressive or anxiety disorders, noise-induced hearing injury, and essential hypertension among U.S. active component service members, stratified by those who served in occupations at high risk for blast overpressure exposure ...

MSMR publishes a quarterly report on reportable medical events among both active component service members as well as their beneficiaries who receive care through the Military Health System.

This annual report summarizes the numbers, types, and incidence rates of mental health disorder diagnoses among U.S. active component service members from 2021 through 2025.

This study analyzed the genetics of circulating influenza viruses during the 2025-2026 influenza season to better understand antigenic drift and inform future influenza prevention efforts.

This study characterized chronic insomnia disorder, utilizing data from the Defense Medical Surveillance System, to identify incident cases of chronic insomnia from 2014 through 2023 among U.S. active component service members.

This retrospective cohort study evaluated trends in postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety diagnoses among 138,588 active component service women with live infant births from 2010 through 2024.

This brief annual summary presents trends in telehealth service use among members of the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces, using Defense Medical Surveillance System (DMSS) outpatient and demographic records from January 2021 through December 2025 and identifies the 10 most frequent diagnoses addressed via telehealth.

This annual summary quantifies the impacts of various illnesses and injuries among members of the active component of the U.S. Coast Guard in 2025, employing the same disease classification system and morbidity burden measures as in the general active component burden analysis report.