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US campuses retreat from vaccine mandates despite Omicron surge

As Cornell and others close, dozens of institutions seize on court order ending federal immunisation requirement

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US campuses retreat from vaccine mandates despite Omicron surge

As Cornell and others close, dozens of institutions seize on court order ending federal immunisation requirement

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Subscribe

Related articles

Biden struggles to force vaccine mandates on campuses

Biden threatens to withhold funding from colleges over vaccines

US partisan divide over Covid splitting apart campuses

Biden backs university Covid mandates as governors clamp down

Related universities

Cornell University

Middlebury College

DePaul University

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