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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is formally withdrawing its emergency temporary standard mandating that companies with at least 100 employees require their workers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, the agency announced yesterday. The withdrawal of the standard, which also allowed for weekly testing, comes after a Jan. 13 U.S. Supreme Court opinion remanded the standard to a lower court, saying that challengers to the rule — including American Trucking Associations — were likely to prevail on their claims. The high court voted 6-3 to stay the temporary standard, ruling that OSHA did not have the authority to issue the mandate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices