U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden's COVID-19 vaccination, testing rules for large businesses

The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.

At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health-care workers in the United States.

The court’s orders on Thursday during a spike in coronavirus cases was a mixed bag for the administration’s efforts to boost the vaccination rate among Americans.

The court’s conservative majority concluded that the administration overstepped its authority by seeking to impose the vaccine-or-test