A federal judge has denied a request filed by nearly 200 health care workers to block their employers' COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

The judge said that the plaintiffs, who filed their request anonymously, would have to reveal their names to the defendants — a contingent of health care employers from around Minnesota.

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