Biden Admin Mask, Vaccine Mandates for Head Start Program Blocked in 24 Additional States

Masked children are seen as Health Secretary Xavier Becerra tours a Head Start program in Washington on June 30, 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The Biden administration mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates for the Head Start program have been blocked in additional 24 states by a federal judge.

U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump nominee, granted a preliminary injunction on Jan. 1 to Georgia and 23 other states against the mandates.