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Judge Throws Out Houston Hospital Workers’ Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit

Joseph Curl
Judge Throws Out Houston Hospital Workers’ Vaccine Mandate Lawsuit
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A federal judge on Saturday tossed a lawsuit filed by more than 100 employees of a Houston hospital system, who objected to a mandate to take a COVID-19 vaccine.

Houston Methodist Hospital, which manages eight hospitals, gave employees until June 7 to get the vaccine or they could be suspended or fired. Last week, the system suspended 178 workers without pay.

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