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Latest "military vaccine mandate" stories
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Pentagon sets deadline for services to stop enforcing vaccine mandate
The services have until March 17 to end all enforcement of the former COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Austin ends the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
The Defense Department will no longer require currently serving troops to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Services may be improperly denying vaccine religious waivers, IG says
A DoD IG review of religious waivers to COVID vaccines shows the services may be failing to provide individualized assessments, required by federal law.
Troops can now get Novavax as a COVID-19 vaccine
Novavax is not made with, nor tested on, cells descended from fetal tissue. It also doesn’t use mRNA to deliver the vaccine into cells.
New vaccine may be option for troops with religious concerns
The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine may be an acceptable option for some of the service members who have sought religious exemptions from the mandatory vaccine.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press