{"id":47568,"date":"2026-04-21T18:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/flu-vaccine-no-longer-mandatory-for-soldiers-says-us-military-chief-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:07:44","slug":"flu-vaccine-no-longer-mandatory-for-soldiers-says-us-military-chief-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/flu-vaccine-no-longer-mandatory-for-soldiers-says-us-military-chief-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Flu vaccine no longer mandatory for soldiers, says US military chief &#8211; Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQWV9GSVJiMWhmNDNjOEVJX21DNUhfYVQ3Q1dCSFp4bDFDZVRrRXF4a2lyYktTTmF2ZWxiTVdNYlN2SkZWWWVWenVqUzFmSkJXb3c0NjBlUlE0UzJ3TmJxdWhGclhreXZhUnpLaGFCVVBZZm1zWURXZFVaNlV2NU5iLUNlS1ViOEJ0YlBEbkkwbUM3Tk1v?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/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\/CBMiyAFBVV95cUxNV1VBVzVkVUVEaWcwVU1vQ0hGZzRPUmJ5Smktd3BqWnVYOGpXS2Q1YTJKa2x3eklGMmc2UHR1OFZlVWZBZ3JzMDlUSVZTUWNvOFBpRU55Ny1CT1NWVWZpeDdkUU5jZ0M2LTBvWEgxVzIxU3UxVkIxcmdPLUR5Q2tSempCMXF3bFBnMnBHYXJnUkpyX0Q5RGdiQ0tPM0VEWENKNFQwem8zNVBGRVROR29xU2NKNmZlU1F2bjEyUWVuY2x6MkRWMHc5Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Flu vaccine requirement discarded \u2018effective immediately,\u2019 Hegseth says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Military Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxPbTdzWHNfQTFYc2I2TlhDQVNxeE5oMUxOY3VIQ3N2YkZPU1AyMGUxc09XSGRWYV9HSEdiOTdzRkRlSmJHQ0hTWVBVaDMycW5rS19mWkxFaS1RNGtDWTVGN2huSTNUWmxQWlNkOGQyVlgwc3pTU3NsNkthQ0hGcWlPdHpGUzdfSjlrRVN3bG9TUzVyTFQxTzZpY3ZfS2hKcC0tLVh1cmsyWHpDZzV6RjB4NWpVOERGUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon to Stop Requiring Members of Military to Get Flu Vaccines<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flu vaccine no longer mandatory for soldiers, says US military chief&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/21\/flu-vaccine-no-longer-mandatory-for-soldiers-says-us-military-chief-al-jazeera\/\" 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-47568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47568","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=47568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}