A federal judge weakened New York state’s mandate for medical workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19, a win for nurses and other staff who have lost their jobs elsewhere in the country over their refusal to get the shots
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U.S. District Judge David Hurd on Tuesday issued an order to temporarily prevent New York’s health department from rejecting employer-approved religious exemptions to a vaccine mandate that takes effect Sept. 27.
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