Military Restores Flu Shot Mandate for Recruits as Air Forc…

Shooting Texas Today in Texas: An influenza outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio in Texas, sickened hundreds of basic trainees, with cases rising from 159 the previous week to 275 by Wednesday. Four people had been hospitalized as of Tuesday. In response, the Army, Navy, and Air Force received exceptions to the Pentagon's optional flu vaccine policy and reinstated mandatory flu shots for basic trainees, reversing a two-month-old policy that had made the vaccine optional for service members.