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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) vaccine mandate blocked and Centers for Medicaid and Medicare (CMS) vaccine mandate upheld

Supreme Court ruling on COVID Vaccine Mandates

1/13/2022, the Supreme Court blocked the OSHA vaccine or test Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) but upheld the CMS vaccine Interim Final Ruling (IFR). Please see below 2 articles from OSHA as well as a news source explaining in further detail.

Updated on 1/26/2022 – Biden administration officially withdraws vaccine rule

Federal Register OSHA ETS withdrawl

Updated on 1/18/2022 – CMS memo below offering guidance related to IFR

CMS IFR guidance memo
OSHA statement
NPR article

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