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GMJ News > GMJ Briefs > 🚨 The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’ – an outbreak quickly followed

🚨 The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’ – an outbreak quickly followed

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Last updated: 25/06/2026 01:05
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🚨 Breaking Newsvia The Conversation

Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak leads several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.

This is a developing story.

Source: The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’…

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