Biden federal employee COVID vaccine order gets appellate court review; mandate vacated
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A federal appeals court has vacated an executive order from President Biden that requires federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and decided the issue will be reheard by a larger panel of judges.
The order requires that federal employees be vaccinated by Nov. 22 -- barring medical or religious accommodations -- or else face disciplinary consequences or even loss of employment.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated the order back in April, Reuters reported, after a federal judge in Texas tossed it out in January.
Key vaccine manufacturers: Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX).
In January, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Biden mandate requiring that employers with more than 100 employees have them vaccinated or tested weekly.

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