READ THE RULINGS: Supreme Court strikes down OSHA vaccine rule; permits healthcare-related mandate

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The Supreme Court has stopped a major push by the Biden administration to boost the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, a requirement that employees at large businesses get a vaccine or test regularly and wear a mask on the job.

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At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S. The court’s orders Thursday came during a spike in coronavirus cases caused by the omicron variant.

>> READ THE HEALTHCARE-RELATED RULING

>> READ THE OSHA MANDATE RULING

The Associated Press contributed to this report