WATCH: Murray questions RFK Jr. on flu outbreak monitoring, ‘ready military’ without mandatory shots
April 22, 2026
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2:50Now PlayingWATCH: Murray questions RFK Jr. on flu outbreak monitoring, ‘ready military’ without mandatory shots
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as posted by the channelSen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., asked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday whether the nation’s leading health agencies would be monitoring flu outbreaks in the U.S. military after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement that flu vaccination will no longer be mandatory in the ranks.
“I don't know if there is any program specifically for the military, but we definitely monitor flu outbreaks,” Kennedy said in a Senate hearing on President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget request.
“If you have a submarine full of people who we are counting on, and a virus goes flying through it, we don't have a ready military,” Murray said.
Kennedy appeared Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. In an earlier hearing, Kennedy faced questioning about his stance on vaccines, Trump’s drug website known as Trump Rx, as well as proposed cuts to Medicaid and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician and influential chair of the Senate Health Committee, had opportunities in both hearings Wednesday to press Kennedy, whose approach to vaccines he’s criticized in the past.
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