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Undeterred by a few protests, hospitals are increasingly requiring employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19

Portrait of David Heath David Heath
USA TODAY

The largest health care system in Indiana has emerged as the second U.S. hospital group facing pushback for requiring COVID-19 vaccines for all employees, despite a federal judge tossing out a lawsuit filed by resistant Houston hospital workers.

Hundreds of employees demonstrated outside one of the IU Health hospitals on a recent Saturday afternoon, and another protest is planned for July 11.