The outbreak comes weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said flu vaccination was no longer mandatory for service members. More than 150 are reported ill.

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 ...

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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 ...

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Hundreds of recruits at military basic training facility in Texas has been diagnosed with influenza ...

A flu outbreak has torn through the basic training wing at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, sickening more than 220 recruits and raising hard questions about War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ...

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

The Air Force has confirmed a trainee died as a result of a flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, according ...