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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 this month while an Air Force request to reinstate a mandatory flu shot requi...

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Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots amid Air Force outbreak
Pentagon reinstates mandatory flu shots after outbreak at Air Force base
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits as boot camp outbreak sickens nearly 300
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Wednesday that boot camps for all the military services are once again requiring the flu vaccination for all recruits after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the ...

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Flu cases rise to 222 at Texas base in outbreak blamed on Hegseth scrapping of vaccine mandate
In shift, Pentagon grants flu vaccine exceptions to military services, some federal agencies
Why are flu shots being required for Air Force recruits — even after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tossed ‘flu jab’ mandates?
But an ongoing flu outbreak infecting hundreds of Air Force recruits participating in basic training at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base has reportedly prompted the Army, Navy and Air Force to on...

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US military requires flu vaccine for some after outbreak in Texas training center
Texas military base flu outbreak raises questions about spread, vaccines

All military recruits are once again required to get flu shots

The Pentagon is allowing the military services to implement exceptions to the Defense Department’s voluntary flu vaccine policy.
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