Active Surveillance for Acute Respiratory Disease Detected No Outbreaks at Four U.S. Army Basic Training Installations in 2022.

Abstract: A total of 254 febrile acute respiratory disease (ARD) cases were identified among Army basic trainees in 2022. No Army basic training installations met the definition for an ARD or Group A Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus outbreak in 2022. The inclusion of afebrile ARD data in the surveillance program identified an additional 1,696 cases in which a trainee met the criteria for a case of ARD, except for an oral temperature of 100.

Integration of Multiple Surveillance Systems to Track COVID-19 in the U.S. Army Population.

Introduction: The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic presented unique challenges for surveillance of the military population, which include active component service members and their family members. Through integrating multiple Department of Defense surveillance systems, the Army Public Health Center can provide near real-time case counts to Army leadership on a daily basis.

Materials And Methods: The incidence of COVID-19 was tracked by incorporating data from the Disease Reporting System Internet, laboratory test results, Commanders' Critical Incidence Reports, reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention military liaison, and media reports.

Myopericarditis Associated With Smallpox Vaccination Among US Army Personnel - Fort Hood, Texas, 2018.

Objective: In March 2018, the US Department of Defense (DOD) added the smallpox vaccination, using ACAM2000, to its routine immunizations, increasing the number of persons receiving the vaccine. The following month, Fort Hood reported a cluster of 5 myopericarditis cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the DOD launched an investigation.

Incidence, timing, and seasonal patterns of heat illnesses during U.S. Army basic combat training, 2014-2018.

Risk factors for heat illnesses (HIs) among new soldiers include exercise intensity, environmental conditions at the time of exercise, a high body mass index, and conducting initial entry training during hot and humid weather when recruits are not yet acclimated to physical exertion in heat. This study used data from the Defense Health Agency's-Weather-Related Injury Repository to calculate rates and to describe the incidence, timing, and geographic distribution of HIs among soldiers during U.S.

Findings From the Department of Veterans Affairs Qarmat Ali Medical Surveillance Program.

Objective: To review the Veterans Affairs (VA) medical surveillance program for Veterans with potential hexavalent chromium (CrVI) exposure that occurred during 2003.

Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of the 124 Veterans that participated in standardized, in-person clinical evaluations for possible CrVI exposure during the incident in question. The evaluations were reviewed to define population level effects.