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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

Texas Air Force base hit with flu outbreak infecting nearly 160 troops after Hegseth lifts vaccine requirement: report

A flu outbreak has been tearing through a Texas Air Force base, less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon would be ending its flu shot requirement.

The outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio has reportedly sickened nearly 160 troops, prompting the Air Force to temporarily require recruits there to once again get the flu shot, The New York Times reports.

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