Flu cases at Texas base hit 275 as services again require recruits to get shots

Flu cases at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas have surged to 275, prompting the Pentagon to reinstate mandatory flu vaccinations for all incoming military recruits. The outbreak occurred less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the shots optional, citing "medical autonomy." The reversal underscores how the communicable disease spread among the close-quarters recruit population.