{"id":47307,"date":"2026-04-21T15:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/pete-hegseth-scraps-mandatory-flu-shots-for-u-s-service-members-cbs-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:06:00","slug":"pete-hegseth-scraps-mandatory-flu-shots-for-u-s-service-members-cbs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/pete-hegseth-scraps-mandatory-flu-shots-for-u-s-service-members-cbs-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth scraps mandatory flu shots for U.S. service members &#8211; CBS News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxOdG91TUdETGpKM2xaS3pkRlJzanBZUk5saUJlZnMzVHkzR21hempoYTlKbi16RWpLamlJMDF0OWdUZUt1N0tXVEFpNzhtR056MzRNa2ZmZTZkbTNUeF8wYzJ0WFl1Z0syVUZPVXlCTHA4dlE4S08xMHBsMi02SWI2LWx0UXhUMnk0WmMxekNiVVV4M1F2WW5MeEpR0gGfAUFVX3lxTFBXLWVDdXhkV2E5cWZPN3lDSTh1UjhKRUtOLW1jSi02QlZOWHh4RnFzMHJyRjdVX2M2SWtPWkZ3dXl4ZHJuODN4M2hFVkZrajNCQ3gzdHlCUXZfeVlCMFZyV05iRjVhMjlHdkJHVTFsMnJyUnlocW5xTHQ1U0NfQjFFQllvejJkTVdJek1MZmhVdkViLTNYU3A3bjR6Rm91TQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth scraps mandatory flu shots for U.S. service members<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPaVpMTlZsX0NqQWpJYVo5ZTVGcXBtN0Y4UmVKMlp3UlRaWTVsckZMT3cxT0FWVGJ0ckZTTDFYWFZBUXgxakhfOGl2QXItSDlBRVhlV0g1Ymt1dGYxemRrVDVIU21VcnhwQzYyWVRXMGZWRHEyVnhSNDViTDNYd1FFcy1LLUZBXzFqOExXYjhtUkVFalU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQaUQzU1dmVWFYMXQ5aUJNS0k2TTFZNkh5QUtITG9IMUl2UUxlTFhzaUVaaXhxM0dSV1Q3ZWhFSk8yWmpUMHJPc0x5Vlc3VGtoUHhra09ja0JBSnFVN1d5bkxpTzdmeGwxU250a0l6eXZoNXA5UUdsSDFLR1ZfNDVKWXliRGZPTmFuVDB6Nm95UzhOM2pBVWtseGlrcmtsZzBranVzdkQ0YWNWeElR0gGyAUFVX3lxTFBOUHhlWmc0elp0NFBCUHNjSVc4cG5RRWFvbHEwVXRrMWNXZGZfUXc2WFJMd3FoUUdHdW9jVU4td3hyb3dMR21nbVhLUllZVmYtQmFxNE9KWlJmb0JDUTViWkZSc0pLTTlKOFVFYnZFTlY0Q3p1TU9RMW05d1pCVlRQdGMtOTJDVDdfMEhaVGFjSUxmRU15ODhhY2xqcFVGcEs1N3lWenZlb0Jhbzk1bUNsUmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Flu vaccine no longer mandatory for soldiers, says US military chief<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxPbTdzWHNfQTFYc2I2TlhDQVNxeE5oMUxOY3VIQ3N2YkZPU1AyMGUxc09XSGRWYV9HSEdiOTdzRkRlSmJHQ0hTWVBVaDMycW5rS19mWkxFaS1RNGtDWTVGN2huSTNUWmxQWlNkOGQyVlgwc3pTU3NsNkthQ0hGcWlPdHpGUzdfSjlrRVN3bG9TUzVyTFQxTzZpY3ZfS2hKcC0tLVh1cmsyWHpDZzV6RjB4NWpVOERGUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon to Stop Requiring Members of Military Get Flu Vaccines<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQSmpvY18tVmk2ejQ3MGJvUEMxSVFLa2dBUl9TcXhlcndnQVNjSk5BUmtVWUZxNHBDaTVMMGF5dU50TVdfbm0tc3VlX0oxSm1obVpzcW5feGlmRlVHUy1zMlE1bEpaZExSajNCMTN2QV9Oc3hzOTNpek9QNmlzMGQ2YlBpSjFqaVpvOUYzU253Wnd4VFNGSUtpVndjX21fVEEzdHZzLVA2ZFJaU2twWXZQM2M3cWk4UGht?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth says U.S. military no longer requiring flu shots<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth scraps mandatory flu shots for U.S. service members&nbsp;&nbsp;CBS News Annual flu vaccine no longer required for U.S. military, Hegseth says&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Flu&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/pete-hegseth-scraps-mandatory-flu-shots-for-u-s-service-members-cbs-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}