In many areas, higher rates of masking are a common reaction to higher rates of COVID-19. When there is a high risk of catching or dying from the virus, more people wear masks in order to protect ...

An April 25 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) makes a claim about Dr. Anthony Fauci's comments in an April 24 interview with the New York Times. “‘Masks work at the margins-maybe 10 percent.’ ...

A large, randomized study from Stanford (Calif.) Medicine and New Haven, Conn.-based Yale offers the strongest evidence yet that wearing surgical masks can reduce community spread of COVID-19. The ...

JENNIFER. SOUNDS GOOD, MO. THANK YOU. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. AS STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO CLASS IN FIVE DAYS THIS MORNING, SUPERINTENDENT DR. MARTY POLIO ADDRESSED SOME CONCERNS AHEAD OF THE NEW YEAR. THIS ...

WORCESTER – COVID-19 infections and deaths have dropped dramatically, and that is why Dr. Robert Klugman supports the decision to end a requirement that all health care workers wear a face mask to ...

If you're at high risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19, it's time to dust off those N95 masks and place them snugly over your nose and mouth to protect yourself from a recent uptick of the ...

TRENTON, N.J. — A federal appeals court has shot down claims that New Jersey residents’ refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak constituted protected speech ...

Masks are back at hospitals in time for a post-holiday rise of respiratory illnesses. "We are seeing an enormous amount of COVID. Fortunately, a lot of that is in the outpatient setting, not ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance that recent studies have indicated that cloth masks offer more protection against the coronavirus than previously thought. Previous ...

The Huntington Beach City Council narrowly voted early Wednesday to ban universal mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the city. The declaration passed with a 4-3 vote. The meeting, which began ...

FILE - Boxes of KN95 protective masks are stacked together before being distributed to students at Camden High School in Camden, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. A federal appeals court shot down claims ...

The court refuted claims that N.J. residents' refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID constituted protected speech under the First Amendment. FILE - Boxes of KN95 ...