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  "textContent": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared the policy change Tuesday in a post on X, stating that the vaccine would be voluntary effective immediately.",
  "title": "Pentagon relaxes mandate for annual influenza vaccine for service members and personnel"
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