Supreme Court refuses religious grounds appeal of vaccination mandate
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a case from a group of Maine healthcare workers who oppose the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate on religious grounds.
The justices let stand a federal appellate court decision allowing Maine to require all employees of health care facilities be vaccinated except for medical reasons.

In October, the High Court rejected the challenge on an emergency basis, Bloomberg reported.
Besides Maine, New York and Rhode Island require that health care personnel be vaccinated with only medical exemptions.
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Last month, the Supreme Court let stand a Biden Administration order that employees at facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients be vaccinated.