COLUMBIA, Mo. — A federal judge in St. Louis halted enforcement Monday of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for most health care workers in Kansas and Missouri, a week before the deadline for staff to get their first shot under the rules. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, along with officials of eight other states, sought the injunction in a lawsuit filed earlier this month targeting directives issued by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The rules require health care providers participating in Medicar…

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