After a recent flu outbreak sickened 284 trainees and killed one, lawmakers move to revert the flu vaccination policy to be required again for all.

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

Since 1945, the U.S. military mandated flu vaccines—until Hegseth changed things earlier this year.

The reversal comes as cases climb at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio in Texas, and the Air Force's main basic training hub. The case count reached 275 as o ...

A flu outbreak at Lackland has brought back discussion over military vaccination policies, following the death of a recruit and rising infection rates among trainees.

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 ...

The number of flu cases at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas continues to rise in the wake of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s banishment of the influenza vaccine mandate for service members. The Air ...

After a U.S. Air Force trainee from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland died at Brooke Army Medical Center, here’s what we know about the flu outbreak lawmakers are connecting to the trainee’s death.

Suppose you were designing an experiment to assess the effectiveness of the flu vaccine at preventing flu outbreaks. You’d want a population of test subjects, under consistent observation, in ...

The Army, Navy, and Air Force are once again requiring basic trainees to get vaccinated against influenza after the virus quickly swept through an Air Force base in Texas, sickening at least 222 ...

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A flu bug has swept the ranks of recruits at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base, the service's basic training hub. Nearly 300 are said to have been infected.