The Long Short-Term Memory model is a machine-learning method with potential to improve forecasting accuracy for respiratory disease surveillance. This report assesses the model's performance for potential future Department of Defense influenza forecasting.

Since 1999, MSMR has published regular updates on malaria incidence among U.S. service members. This update describes the epidemiological patterns of malaria incidence among service members in the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces from 2015 through 2024.

Reportable medical events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System and are reported monthly in MSMR.

Did you know that TRICARE beneficiaries can receive a variety of healthcare services via virtual health? These services take place through secure video calls, phone appointments, and other technology platforms. TRICARE virtual health coverage includes primary care, urgent care, mental health, and specialty services.

What a cardiologist from the Uniformed Service University strives to eat to stay heart healthy and why.

Department of Defense Instruction 1010.04, “Problematic Substance Use and Gambling Disorder,” provides a holistic approach to identify, treat, and prevent problematic substance use and gambling disorder.

As the new Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Stephen Ferrara describes how the Military Health System is a force multiplier for the warfighter.

Military Health System announces 20 winners of the annual MHS Communications Awards, recognizing categories including writing, photography, storytelling, and video.

Hitting the ground running, Dr. Stephen Ferrara, the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, visited military hospitals and clinics in the National Capital Region, sharing his priorities of the Military Health System.

This month’s edition of the MSMR Reportable Medical Events at Military Health System facilities feature provides an overview of annual data for 2024 for active component U.S. service members and their beneficiaries.

This study identifies the incidence of the two tick-borne diseases, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, that are most frequently diagnosed within the Military Health System among active component U.S. service members and evaluates the correlation between temperature and incidence of each tick-borne disease.

This Surveillance Snapshot provides an overview of the 2024-2025 mid-season analysis of influenza vaccine effectiveness against medically-attended ambulatory influenza infections among active component U.S. service members.

This study reports the prevalence of non-medical risk factors, also known as social determinants of health, among active component U.S. service members and assesses the relationship between these factors and suicide ideation or attempts between 2018 and 2022. This study documents, for the first time, the frequency of diagnosis for non-medical risk ...

Dr. Stephen Ferrara, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Heath Affairs, issues a statement on the transition of the Director of the Defense Health Agency.

The 2025 update to the Clinical Practice Guideline on the Rehabilitation of Individuals with Lower Limb Amputation, a collaboration between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense with oversight through the Defense Health Agency’s Office of Evidence Based Practice, was released in January 2025. The guideline offers important ...