This editorial discusses the U.S. Department of Defense Global Respiratory Pathogen Surveillance Program, a cornerstone of U.S. Department of Defense respiratory disease surveillance, and its surveillance network of 115 active sentinel sites in addition to other participating sites, deployed locations, and partner laboratories across the globe.

This brief article describes how the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) worked collaboratively with local partners to discover an effective treatment for scrub typhus, a deadly illness that killed thousands of Allied soldiers in the Pacific during World War II.

For over 200 years, the U.S. military has consistently utilized the best data it could collect, analyze, and disseminate, to protect the health and lives of its personnel, improve current medical knowledge and practice, and advance scientific discovery.

This editorial evaluates the clinical utility of increasingly common respiratory viral panel diagnostic assays and how they can improve force health protection and Military Health System beneficiary public health surveillance.

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.

U.S. Army Health Clinic Ansbach strengthened international partnerships and enhanced medical collaboration during its annual Host Nation Day, held on March 20. A total of 48 host nation medical professionals from Germany, the Netherlands, and Ireland joined U.S. Army medical staff for a day focused on fostering relationships and aligning efforts to ...

Naval Health Clinic Lemoore celebrates National Physicians Week (March 25-31) and National Doctor's Day (March 30) with its recognition of its military doctors.

Soldier readiness is more than being physically and mentality fit to fight. Sleep is also a key component to readiness, as it directly impacts decision-making, reaction time, and overall performance.

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

From Feb. 24 to March 7, 2025, the 11th Field Hospital embarked on an exhilarating training exercise called Operation Torch. This dynamic operation focused on preparing for the demands of large-scale combat operations, and it was an endeavor the new commander, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Nicole H. Brown, knew could be successfully achieved.

The Fort Bragg Soldier Recovery Unit earned the 2024 Medical Readiness Command East Best SRU award. The SRU provides world-class medical management to wounded, ill, or injured soldiers to make sure that they can successfully transition back to the force or honorably to veteran status.

Uniformed Services University students are using artificial intelligence to transform their medical education and shape the future of military medicine.

Soldiers and airmen participated in a Joint Critical Care Field Training Exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, March 6-7, to enhance the clinical and tactical skills of critical care staff at Brooke Army Medical Center.

For many U.S. Navy corpsmen, the job primarily involves medical care in a clinical or field setting. However, for U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Brian Romero, his role extends far beyond the walls of a medical facility—often hanging from a helicopter hundreds of feet in the air.