2026年6月24日 18:29 UTC / 路透社
2026年5月5日，美国国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟在华盛顿五角大楼就伊朗战争举行简报会，参谋长联席会议主席丹·凯恩将军（未在画面中）在场。路透社/凯文·拉马克 资料图
6月24日（路透社）——美国军方恢复对部分军人的流感疫苗接种要求，这与两个月前国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟宣布该疫苗为自愿接种的指导方针相悖。
此次决策出台前，得克萨斯州圣安东尼奥-莱克兰联合基地的新兵中暴发流感疫情，且该疫苗政策遭到公共卫生专家的强烈批评。据媒体报道，本月已有超过220名新兵被诊断出流感，其中4人住院治疗。
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赫格斯瑟曾在4月份表示，根据五角大楼新的疫苗政策，所有美军人员将可自愿选择接种年度流感疫苗。此前该疫苗一直属于强制接种项目，被认为对部队战备至关重要。
五角大楼首席发言人肖恩·帕内尔周三发表声明称，负责战争人员与战备事务的国防部副部长已批准陆军、海军、空军、国家安全局和国防卫生勤务局的豁免申请。
帕内尔表示：“这些决策基于全面的风险评估，旨在最大限度提升作战准备、杀伤力和部队生成能力，同时保护高风险人群。”
该发言人补充道，各部门将负责具体的实施工作。
世界卫生组织建议6个月及以上人群接种流感疫苗。
特朗普政府时期的卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr. 长期以来一直是反疫苗活动人士，他推行的政策降低了美国疫苗接种率，包括取消了2025年流感疫苗接种运动。肯尼迪的“让美国再次健康”运动试图削弱全美各地的学校入学疫苗强制令。
赛诺菲、CSL Seqirus、葛兰素史克和阿斯利康生产的流感疫苗已获得美国批准。
伊德里斯·阿里、玛丽安·桑尼、米娜莉卡·罗伊 报道；卡罗琳·休默、比尔·伯克罗特 编辑
US military requires flu vaccine for some after outbreak in Texas training center
June 24, 2026 6:29 PM UTC / Reuters
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the Iran war, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (not pictured), at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
June 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has resumed requiring flu vaccines for some service members in an exception to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s guidance declaring the shots voluntary two months ago.
The decision follows a flu outbreak among recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas and sharp criticism of the policy from public health experts. More than 220 recruits have been diagnosed with influenza and four hospitalized in the outbreak this month, according to media reports.
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Hegseth said in April that the annual flu vaccine would become optional for all U.S. military personnel under the Pentagon’s new vaccine policy. It had previously been mandated and considered critical to troop preparedness.
The Under Secretary for War Personnel and Readiness approved exception requests for the Army, Navy, Air Force, National Security Agency and Defense Health Agency, according to a statement from chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell on Wednesday.
“The decisions were based upon thorough risk assessments and are designed to maximize operational readiness, lethality, and force generation, while safeguarding at-risk populations,” Parnell said.
Each department is responsible for implementation, the spokesperson added.
The World Health Organization recommends the flu shot for those age 6 months and older.
Trump administration Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine activist, has enacted policies that have decreased the use of inoculations in the U.S., including dropping its 2025 flu vaccine campaign. Kennedy’s Make America Healthy Again movement has sought to weaken school enrollment mandates around the country.
Flu vaccines from Sanofi, CSL Seqirus, GSK and AstraZeneca are approved in the United States.
Reporting by Idrees Ali, Mariam Sunny and Mrinalika Roy; Editing by Caroline Humer and Bill Berkrot
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