This report presents an updated summary of the health care burdens documented in 2024 among non-service member beneficiaries of the Military Health System, which provides comprehensive health care to a diverse and heterogeneous population of family members and military retirees from all branches of military service.

This report quantifies the impacts of various illnesses and injuries among members of the active component of the U.S. Coast Guard in 2024, employing the same disease classification system and morbidity burden measures in the general active component burden analysis report.

This report focuses on service member health care encounters during deployment to two theaters of operations, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), where the largest concentrations of service members are deployed without access to fixed medical facilities.

This Surveillance Snapshot documents trends in telehealth service use among active component service members and identifies the 10 most frequent diagnoses addressed via telehealth, utilizing Defense Medical Surveillance System outpatient and demographic records.

This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of ambulatory, or outpatient care, visits among active component service members, based on standardized records from U.S. military and non-military medical facilities worldwide.

This annual summary report of various illnesses and injuries among members of the active component of the U.S. Armed Forces quantifies patient diagnoses and major condition categories with several health care burden measures derived from the Global Burden of Disease Study.

This Surveillance Snapshot documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of various illnesses and injuries among members of the reserve component of the U.S. Coast Guard, based on standardized records from U.S. military and non-military medical facilities.

This Surveillance Snapshot documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of various illnesses and injuries among members of the reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces, based on standardized records from U.S. military and non-military medical facilities worldwide.

This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of hospitalizations, or inpatient care, among active component service members, based on standardized records from U.S. military and non-military medical facilities worldwide.

This report summarizes the nature, numbers, and trends of conditions of medical evacuations from CENTCOM and AFRICOM in 2024, with comparisons to the preceding four years.

The Naval Medical Forces Development Command is mission driven and most importantly people powered! Today, we highlight Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer Bernardo Figueroa, leading chief petty officer for the command’s Future Operations initiatives, and manager for the Navy Medical Modeling and Simulation Training and Tactical Combat Casualty Care ...

Heat-related injuries are a persistent threat for warfighters, especially during ruck marches and timed runs. Physiologists have long sought to understand why some people are able to withstand the effects of heat for longer periods, while others of the same age and physical condition are prone to experiencing potentially dangerous symptoms.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Hazard Communication standard 1910.1200 requires Safety Data Sheets to be readily accessible during each work shift for all hazardous chemicals in the workplace.

Three Munson Army Health Center employees were recognized as Defense Health Network, West Civilian Pharmacy Award winners on Aug. 20.

In May 2025, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research launched the “Push Ups for the Mind” application, which guides app users on a path to improve their attention and performance.