MSMR publishes a monthly update for reportable medical events among active component service members as well as other beneficiaries of the U.S. Military Health System.

This historical review discusses the contextual factors that led to differing U.S. Army immunization strategies as well as outcomes for tetanus and diphtheria during the Second World War.

This study characterizes all medically diagnosed bites and stings in U.S. active component service members from snakes, venomous fish, other venomous marine animals, arthropods, and insects identified through medical data from the Defense Medical Surveillance System.

This study examines the trend in annual incidence of hypertension and hypertensive disease, as well as annual percentages of recorded high blood pressure measurements, among U.S. service members between 2018 and 2023, utilizing data from the Defense Medical Surveillance System.

This study addresses an important gap in epidemiological data on 11 arboviruses present in Papua New Guinea by providing updated serology data from 185 Papua New Guinea military personnel.

Public Health Command Europe recently hosted a promotion ceremony for U.S. Army Capt. Christopher Harmon, who used the occasion to reflect on a long and proud lineage of military service that brought him to where he is today.

MSMR publishes a monthly update of reportable medical events for both active component members and Military Health System beneficiaries. Military Health System care providers and public health officials document reportable medical events through the Disease Reporting System internet.

This case report presents a unique instance of S. coagulans in a woman with a history of breast cancer and implant reconstruction who presented with a S. coagulans infection in a breast implant.

This report examines whether health-related quality of life—how mental, emotional, and physical capabilities affect daily functioning—is associated with service women’s readiness.

This guest editorial from the Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine provides recent evidence about individualized factors that may influence heat-related illness risk and strategies to prepare for training in heat.

This report describes the investigation and findings of a major outbreak of adenovirus following the re-introduction of the adenovirus vaccine in 2011.

The Defense Health Agency provides support for operating forces engaged in planning for, or conducting, military operations, including support during conflict or in the conduct of other military activities related to countering threats to U.S. national security. Among DHA’s most important combat support responsibilities is its work to increase ...