{"id":598417,"date":"2026-04-21T22:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598417\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:45:07","slug":"annual-flu-vaccine-no-longer-required-for-u-s-military-hegseth-says-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/598417\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPaVpMTlZsX0NqQWpJYVo5ZTVGcXBtN0Y4UmVKMlp3UlRaWTVsckZMT3cxT0FWVGJ0ckZTTDFYWFZBUXgxakhfOGl2QXItSDlBRVhlV0g1Ymt1dGYxemRrVDVIU21VcnhwQzYyWVRXMGZWRHEyVnhSNDViTDNYd1FFcy1LLUZBXzFqOExXYjhtUkVFalU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQWV9GSVJiMWhmNDNjOEVJX21DNUhfYVQ3Q1dCSFp4bDFDZVRrRXF4a2lyYktTTmF2ZWxiTVdNYlN2SkZWWWVWenVqUzFmSkJXb3c0NjBlUlE0UzJ3TmJxdWhGclhreXZhUnpLaGFCVVBZZm1zWURXZFVaNlV2NU5iLUNlS1ViOEJ0YlBEbkkwbUM3Tk1v?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxNTlZxTHFnRU5RUEZFU0wtUDFnZWkwcHlMcFRmWU1VZ28tb3V0Qkx1Vzk3MWtRaGhiNDB6WEFkWXV4bFZIeUtPbFJCRS1HSXB6TUpPWEM5NHlDeUx3SHlGTEpTd2h1T1JOUGUzaTJjY2ZhTGsweEFsRDZURGlNOUlhaXRfT0dZYzQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pentagon ends mandatory flu vaccines for service members<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPel9MWEE2TllIWVR5TFFqY1U0bzN2aXVSODFiN3lMRFBENTlOT0libDBGS0dTV2tnVjJZZFkxMklNeGR2YWxTc25TUTM1aUE3cG44VVg1Wl92Mnl4QnVoOGpqSmhZb1hBSjhWRWVuUnFOOU1pNnpnSUpRaFNrNmFES0JIRnh3UHlhT1IwcWxFQVlaQ3ZSWEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hegseth: Flu Vaccine Optional<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;U.S. Department of War (.gov)<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxONDl5T3NaNWloVnhpS0RWY29RdkxVUDQ2OGJPV0w5cG5mcDBZT3FhTkVaNFBjeDltUEx4ZVg1WXdaODZnUXlRMTd6UVRULWxFNFNpN2taaWlqcHBDU3RJdWNUSkN5enI4X3EtMWJHYW5BblU5RUx6M3pCeDA1aFF1QnhTdXFxNWp3TG9MQjBMOFlZQ1ZFanhXTmtBaDBhTTFKTGlHUG9pQ04zNzZtc0Q1cDQ4NjdvdjJBYk02anRn0gHDAUFVX3lxTE9CWEVMTzc0TWVVU0kzdUdlZnp1cGJhWjFka0tBZTNUb2F3UHp4ZGhJVS1hRDFSTzhoM3J1VmxvWFRaTm4tMm81cXVHaDNCd283ZVZ2UE56cDhzTWJkNDhNRld5NmdjcnRoa1RvM0pFYTF6RVRadGJvbk12RVJZX2pqQ1BkMXRfNU8xN3IzS2gtaC1UN3ZPSVF1YjZOTUdzRnpxQmJRYndpaHhGX1lCVkhmMWV6RzhySWtrMDNQb2sweUFVRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GOP Armed Services chair warns ending mandatory military flu shots \u2018a mistake\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington PostUS military service members will no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-598417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}