US Air Force requested to bring back mandatory flu shots weeks before basic training outbreak

A worsening flu outbreak among recruits attending basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, began earlier ...

US military requires flu vaccine for some after outbreak in Texas training center

June 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. military has resumed requiring flu vaccines for some service members in an exception to Defense ...

Why are flu shots being required for Air Force recruits — even after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tossed 'flu jab' mandates?

Hundreds of recruits at military basic training facility in Texas has been diagnosed with influenza ...
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US military will require flu vaccine for some service members after outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base

The Air Force confirmed an influenza outbreak has affected the 37th Training Wing at Lackland over the past three weeks.
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Flu outbreak tests Pentagon’s vaccine-optional policy

The outbreak of influenza at Lackland AFB, Texas, comes only two months after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth annulled the ...

Texas military base flu outbreak raises questions about spread, vaccines

Experts say it could take weeks to know whether cases spread beyond the 200 reported at JBSA-Lackland.
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Flu vaccine no longer mandated for U.S. troops, defense secretary says

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will no longer require all American troops to get the flu vaccine, citing “medical autonomy” and religious freedom.

Hegseth branded 'GI Joe wannabe' after Air Force hit with flu outbreak following vaccine decision

Nearly 160 troops at an Air Force base in Texas have contracted the flu, two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...