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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 29, 2021

U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp in the Eastern District of Missouri today blocked the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for healthcare workers, finding the agency issuing the rule likely exceeded its authority. The ruling prevents the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing its vaccine mandate until the court can hear a legal challenge from 10 Republican state attorneys general. The group sued the administration in early November to block the CMS requirement, alleging it would worsen healthcare staffing shortages. Schelp’s ruling applies in Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Wyoming, Alaska, South Dakota, North Dakota and New Hampshire. Yahoo.com has the story from Reuters.