( May 4, 2026, 11:57 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on May 4 denied the petition for a writ of certiorari of physicians and other entities that questioned the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and testing and promoted alternative treatments, declining to review a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel opinion affirming a Washington federal court dismissal of the petitioners’ lawsuit alleging constitutional violations by the state of Washington in initiating disciplinary proceedings against the doctors for the publication of allegedly false views on COVID-19....