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The Defense Health Agency's electronic Caregiver Resource Directory provides more than 2,000 resources for caregivers of wounded warriors within three taps on their mobile phone, their computer, or tablet. "When we update the…

Investigation and Results In July 2022, a pediatric nephrologist at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in The Gambia’s capital city of Banjul alerted MoH to a cluster of AKI cases among children. Data on AKI incidence are not…

Reportable Medical Events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System. The DRSi collects reports on over 70 different…

Reducing preventable injury and illness enhances the readiness of the Armed Forces, as illnesses and injuries degrade service member readiness and can hinder mission accomplishment. Since 2012, the MSMR has used a…

This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and characteristics of ambulatory health care visits in 2022 of active component members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Ambulatory visits by U.S.…

With approximately 40,000 active duty service members, the U.S. Coast Guard is by far the smallest of the military branches and is the only branch outside the Department of Defense. Since 2016, missing data have precluded…

This report documents the frequencies, rates, trends, and distributions of hospitalization among active component members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps during calendar year 2022. Summaries are based on…

A famous triceratops skeleton that was auctioned recently for $7.7 million has an injury to its head shield that probably came from…

Don't get in over your head and ignore a concussion. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head.

A dinosaur bone unearthed in eastern Russia shows evidence of an injury the plant-eater sustained when it fell awkwardly…