Federal Appeals court reinstates some of Biden's health care worker mandate

Appeals court reinstates some of Biden's health care worker mandate The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order Wednesday reviving in some parts of the US the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health care workers – effectively allowing the mandate to be enforced in about half of states. By <a href="/profiles/aditi-sandal">Aditi Sangal</a>, <a href="/profiles/adrienne-vogt">Adrienne Vogt</a>, Melissa Macaya and Mike Hayes, CNN CNN

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The mandate had previously been frozen nationwide by federal judge in Louisiana, whose order followed the move by a federal judge in Missouri that blocked the mandate in 10 states. On Monday, the 5th Circuit — faced with a request by the Justice Department to reinstate the mandate – said that the hold on the mandate will remain in place in the 14 states that brought the challenge in Louisiana. 

However, the appeals court pushed back on the Louisiana judge’s move to issue a nationwide order blocking the mandate, as it scaled back the reach of the judge’s order. The 5th Circuit order did not disturb the move by the Missouri judge to block the mandate in the 10 states in the challenge of the requirement that was brought in Missouri. That order was recently left in place by the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals. ...