Biden Team Appeals Texas Block on Health Worker Vaccine Mandate

Jan. 15, 2022, 1:36 AM UTC

The Biden administration is appealing a federal court’s block on the health worker vaccine mandate in Texas, the only state that doesn’t have to comply with the rule after the U.S. Supreme Court said it could move forward in the rest of the country.

The Department of Health and Human Services Friday filed a notice to appeal a preliminary injunction granted Dec. 15 by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The HHS also requested a stay of the injunction pending its appeal to the Fifth Circuit.

The agency’s requests follow a Thursday Supreme Court decision to ...

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