Texas, Louisiana, More States Sue Over Health Worker Vaccines (1)

The federal government is facing two more federal court lawsuits to halt a rule requiring health-care workers to be vaccinated against the virus that causes Covid-19.

Lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas are the latest seeking to invalidate a mandate that affects employees at hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, hospices, and home health agencies throughout the U.S—about 17 million people, according to the complaints.

Missouri and nine other states were the first to call the legality of the health-care worker mandate issued by ...