( January 7, 2026, 7:46 AM EST) -- NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Former employees of a university hospital appealed to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals seeking review of the judgment of a Connecticut federal judge, who granted the hospital’s motion to dismiss the employees’ second amended complaint alleging violations of their constitutional rights to “bodily autonomy, medical privacy and equal protection” caused by the health system’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy and seeking damages under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the U.S. Code....