Air Force Restores Flu Shot Mandate as Boot-Camp Flu Surge Unfolds
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Amid a growing flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base that sickened about 275 recruits and involved a fatal medical event, the Air Force moved to reinstate the mandatory flu vaccine for basic training after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reversed the policy in April. Exemption requests slowed the process; the mandate was approved on June 11, but the outbreak was already underway, and officials learned June 18 that shots would be required again for incoming trainees.
Topics:nation#basic-training#defense-department#exemptions#flu-vaccine#lackland-air-force-base#us-military
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