Latest "vaccine" stories

Navy eliminates COVID-19 vaccination requirement for deployment

Due to host nation policies, unvaccinated sailors who deploy may find their ability to take liberty ashore is restricted.

By Diana Stancy Correll and Geoff Ziezulewicz

10 months ago

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Patrick Moore receives the COVID-19 vaccine as U.S. Pacific Fleet Fleet Master Chief James Honea observes at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Dec. 29, 2020.

Navy officially stops booting and disciplining COVID vaccine refusers

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rescinded the vaccine mandate earlier this month.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

11 months ago

The National Guard has a new weapon in the fight for COVID vaccination

The National Guard is shipping doses of Novavax’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine out to units in hopes it will help shrink the number of unvaccinated Guardsmen who face expulsion.

By Rachel S. Cohen

16 months ago

Unvaccinated airmen seek restraining order in federal class-action lawsuit

About 3% — or 15,000 people — in the Air Force and Space Force remain unvaccinated against COVID-19.

By Rachel S. Cohen

18 months ago

Judge blocks Air Force discipline over vaccine objections

A dozen Air Force officers, along with a handful of airmen and reservists, filed a lawsuit in February after their religious exemption requests were denied.

By John Seewer, The Associated Press

20 months ago

Navy pauses actions against religious COVID-19 vaccine refusers

The move follows a federal court order in one of several ongoing lawsuits challenging the military's COVID vaccine mandate.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

20 months ago