The Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division plays a critical role in force health protection. As the central epidemiologic resource for the U.S. Armed Forces, AFHSD conducts medical surveillance to protect all those who serve our nation in uniform and allies who are critical to our national security interests.

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.

According to U.S. Defense Health Agency-Public Health experts, noncombat-related injuries are the primary reason active duty service members seek medical treatment.

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.

Prolonged care, degraded medical evacuation capability, and overstretched lines of communication during large-scale combat operations could increase the prevalence of disease-related injury and death among warfighters. These risks are what the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command's Military Infectious Diseases Research Program is working ...

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.

The U.S. Navy conducted the first ever technical test of an Expeditionary Medical Unit aboard the expeditionary fast transport USNS Cody at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, July 15-26.