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 annual report summarizes numbers and trends of newly identified HIV-antibody seropositivity, from January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2024, among military members of five services under the active and reserve components of the U.S. Armed Forces, in addition to the Army and Air Force National Guard.

This guest editorial presents a policy analysis that suggests HIV PrEP coverage in the Military Health System remains suboptimal, and evaluates several available interventions could result in substantial increases in PrEP coverage that could further reduce new service member HIV infections and increase medical readiness.

This Surveillance Snapshot describes hepatitis A and B virus antibody positivity results from 2023 among enlisted recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Reportable Medical Events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System, with monthly updates reported in each issue of MSMR.

The editors of MSMR are announcing a call for papers to be published in the May 2025 issue of MSMR that will be dedicated to the health of women serving in the military.

This study examines the incidence of hair loss among active component U.S. service women, describes the types of hair loss, and summarizes potential racial and ethnic disparities of hair loss among service women over the last 12 years.

Reportable Medical Events by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System are updated in each month's issue of MSMR.

This report describes the characteristics of mpox cases identified in U.S. military personnel and other MHS beneficiaries during the outbreak that began in late spring 2022, through spring 2024.

Everyone is vulnerable to diseases spread by infected insects like mosquitoes, ticks or fleas, also called vectors. Increasing global travel and urbanization are contributing to vector-borne disease outbreaks in new regions and countries.

Some military organizations in INDOPACOM give returning soldiers presumptive treatment for filariasis, but with few clinical cases in recent decades, this report reviews the policy’s historical basis.

MSMR publishes a monthly Reportable Medical Event update for the active component and Military Health System beneficiaries. MHS health care providers and public health officials document RMEs through the Disease Reporting System internet.